Hudson Valley LivesBonnie Marranca Overlook Press, 1991 - 403 Seiten "The Hudson Valley in New York State has captured the imagination of an extraordinary number of America's most significant thinkers and writers from the time of the early Dutch settlers to the present day. This superb, one-of-a-kind collection brings together pieces by Henry James, Washington Irving, John Burroughs, Lewis Mumford, Carl Carmer, Roland Van Zandt, Alf Evers and many others, writing on subjects as diverse as flyfishing and Shaker chairs and including recent essays on current concerns including the Storm King controversy and other conservation stand-offs in the region." "In her introduction, Bonnie Marranca writes: "What makes a Hudson Valley life different from any other life? It begins with knowing where you live." These narratives provide a glimpse of a particular life at a particular time, vastly different in voice and perspective; the common ground joining these lives over the centuries is a strong sense of "knowing where you live." Through these essays, the travelers, artists, inventors, writers, statesmen, scientists and historians who have made this celebrated region their home speak of a shared heritage to Hudson Valley residents and travelers of the present day."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... fact took place , shivered by it to mere silver atoms . The very powers of the air seemed to have taken the case in hand and positively to have been interested in making it transcend all argument . Our Sunday of mid - May , wet and ...
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... fact that there is no other chair manufactory which is owned and operated by the Shakers except the one which is now in operation and owned and operated by the Society of Shakers at Mount Lebanon , Columbia county , N.Y. We deem it a ...
... fact that there is no other chair manufactory which is owned and operated by the Shakers except the one which is now in operation and owned and operated by the Society of Shakers at Mount Lebanon , Columbia county , N.Y. We deem it a ...
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... fact that henceforth is irreparable . They acknowledge that they are no longer anything but a single unit in the state . But they submit to this necessity in good enough grace , because if they are no longer favored more than others ...
... fact that henceforth is irreparable . They acknowledge that they are no longer anything but a single unit in the state . But they submit to this necessity in good enough grace , because if they are no longer favored more than others ...
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Robert H Boyle The Hand of Man | 3 |
Lewis Mumford The Value of Local History | 19 |
George Washington Letters from the American Revolution | 26 |
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