The Hudson

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:The HudsonISBN13:9780823212262ISBN10:0823212262Author:Carmer, Carl (Author)Description:A Prolific Writer Of Prose, Poetry, And Regional History, Carl Carmer First Gained National Attention With Stars Fell N Alabama, A Book About Alabama Folkways But It Is His Writings About Upstate New York, Where He Was Born And Lived For Much Of His Life, That Firmly Established Him As A Folk Historian And Master Storyteller The Hudson, Originally Published In 1939, Is The Most Popular Of These Writings Best Of The Rivers Of America Series, The Hudson Is Less A Formal Historical Account Of The Discovery And Development Of The River That A Personal, Anecdotal View Of It Included Are Tales Of White-Sailed Sloops And Steamboats Racing From Albany To New York; Of Old Whalers And Trader Sea Dogs Of The Catskill Shore; Of Showboats Playing Anti-Rent Meoldramas To Incite Farmers Against Their Landlords; Of Great Disasters And Heroic Deeds; Of The Efforts Of The Hudson River School To Capture Sublimity On Canvas; Of The Quarrelsome, Rough-And-Tumble Life Of The Dutch Along The River's Banks, And Many More This Commemorative Fiftieth Anniversary Edition Features 16 New Drawings By Hudson River Artist Edward J Mclaughlin, A Foreward By New York Historian Louis C Jones, And An Afterword By Roger Panetta, Professor Of History At The College Of New Rochelle Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:FORDHAM UNIV PRPublication Date:1989-01-01Weight:1.5 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 9.82'' L x 6.77'' WNumber of Pages:338Language:English

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