The Hudson. A History

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 340 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Flowing through a valley of sublime scenery, the Hudson River uniquely connects Americas past with its present and future. This book traces the course of the river through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers and traders, artists and writers, entrepreneurs and industrialists, ecologists and preservationiststhose who have been shaped by the river as well as those who have helped shape it. Their compelling narratives attest to the Hudson Rivers distinctive place in American history and the American imagination. Among those who have figured in the history of the Hudson are Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Astors and the Vanderbilts, and Thomas Cole of the Hudson River school. Their stories appear here, alongside those of such less famous individuals as the surveyor who found the source of the Hudson and the engineer who tried to build a hydroelectric plant at Storm King Mountain. Inviting us to view the river from a wider perspective than ever before, this entertaining and enlightening book is worthy of its grand subject.

ISBN: 9780300104240