From its crystal headwaters at Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains to its majestic embrace by the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of New York Bay, the Hudson River is not only one of America's greatest waterways. The river and its valley are among America's greatest treasures--home to unrivalled natural beauty and a rich historic legacy that lives on in the great cities and small towns that line its shores.In this fascinating book, a leading historian takes us on a different kind of journey up the Hudson. George ...
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From its crystal headwaters at Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains to its majestic embrace by the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of New York Bay, the Hudson River is not only one of America's greatest waterways. The river and its valley are among America's greatest treasures--home to unrivalled natural beauty and a rich historic legacy that lives on in the great cities and small towns that line its shores.In this fascinating book, a leading historian takes us on a different kind of journey up the Hudson. George J. Lankevich has chosen sixty-four postcards--most from the first half of the twentieth century--to chronicle the changing landscape of the Hudson Valley. North from the gritty riverfront factories of Yonkers, past the towering bluffs of the Palisades, we travel upstream, stopping to sample the remarkable variety of its changing course.Here's a rich portfolio of scenes that convey the extraordinary vitality of Praise for George J. Lankevich's New York: A Short History: "Here, as in New York itself, may be found everything and everyone." --New York Times Book Review"Lankevich has done the near-impossible and packed almost four centuries of New York City into one slim history . . . a deft survey." --New York History"A splendid work of history that expands our understanding and appreciation of New York City." --Journal of American HistoryHudson Valley history--from stately mansions at Hyde Park and Pocantico Hills to the small river ports that sent bricks and grain down to New York City. There's West Point, strong on its stone embankment, and, nearby, relaxed scenes of vacationers taking a cruise on one of the historic day boats.Lankevich's concise, colorful narrative ofthe four-hundred-year legacy of Henry Hudson's accidental discovery flows as smoothly as these sn
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