Books by Doug Robinson

Local Long Island boatbuilder, Jake Chichester, longs for the life of a Great South Bayman like his deceased father. In Prohibition jaded 1925, he joins the rum-runners and crosses paths with an ambitious Coast Guard chief petty officer. Their escalating cat-and-mouse game ends in a deadly Fourth of July confrontation out on the bay.

The Golden Avenue tells the history of Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York and the famous, infamous and interesting folks associated with the street. These include Lawrence B. Sperry, aviation pioneer, Walter O'Malley, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Annie Oakley, Lebert Lombardo of the Royal Canadians, Bruce Parker, Mr. Water Skiing, John B. Gambling of WOR Radio, Ed Nezbeda and Grumman Aircraft, Phil Brice and Republic Aviation, Christine Riley, actress and Ronald DeFeo, mass murderer.