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	Landscape Gardens on the Hudson, A History Landscape Gardens on the Hudson, A History The Romantic Age, the Great Estates and the Birth of American Landscape Architecture by Robert M. Toole foreword by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers Paper, 8 1/2 x 11, 192 pages, 142 illustrations, many in color Isbn: 9781883789688, $24.95 A New Look at the Golden Age of Grand Designs and Great Estates The Designed Historic Landscapes of the Hudson River Valley Hyde Park (Vanderbilt) * Sunnyside * Olana * Clermont * Lyndhurst * Montgomery Place * Locust Grove * Wilderstein * Springside * Idlewild * Blithewood * Millbrook * Kenwood * The Point * Philipse...	$24.95 Add:
	RHINECLIFF RHINECLIFF The Tangled Tale of Rhinebeck’s Waterfront:A Hudson River History By Cynthia Owen Philip author of Robert Fulton: A Biography and the prize-winning Wilderstein and the Suckleys: A Hudson River Legacy This richly illustrated book is a gem. John Winthrop Aldrich, New York State Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation In Rhinecliff , Cynthia Owen Philip paints a vivid portrait, filled with fascinating detail and extraordinary characters, of a proud, independent community with a sense of place like no other. Overshadowed by its upstreet rival — the politically more...	$24.95 Add:
	Paths to the Past: History Hikes Paths to the Past History Hikes through the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, Berkshires, Taconics, Saratoga & Capital Region by Russell Dunn & Barbara Delaney foreword by Mark King, Executive Director, Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy trade paper, 6″ x 9″, 288 pages, 151 illustrations (143 full-color) isbn: 9781883789978, $22.95 Thirty-one guided hikes and walks explore the rich variety of landscapes in eastern upstate New York that offer still-visible evidence of the area’s long and colorful history from prehistoric Native American settlements to abandoned 20th-century industries. Walk in...	$22.95 Add:
	BLOODY MOHAWK BLOODY MOHAWK Bloody Mohawk The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New Yorks Frontier By Richard Berleth The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier By Richard Berleth Foreword by Robert Weibel, New York State Historian and Chief Curator, New York State Museum Paper, 6x9, 384 pages, maps & illustrations ISBN 9781883789664 Loss not just loss of life, but loss of the common stuff that holds humanity together scarred the survivors and shaded the recollections they left to posterity. Loss is what gives the wind in the valley its special remorsefulness,...	$21.95 Add:
	Elliott and Eleanor Roosevelt Winner of the Ella Dickey Literacy Medal Elliott and Eleanor Roosevelt The Story of a Father and His Daughter in the Gilded Age By Geraldine Hawkins Foreword by John Matteson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography trade paper, 6″ x 9″, 416 pages, 50 illustrations, isbn 9781883789848, $21.95 Elliott Roosevelt was by all accounts as charming and charismatic as any member of that charming and charismatic family, including his famously gregarious godson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. As an adolescent Elliott was the protector of his...	$21.95 Add:
	Saving the Shawangunks Saving the Shawangunks The Struggle to Protect One of Earth’s Last Great Places by Carleton Mabee, winner of the Pulitzer Prize photographs by Nora Scarlett foreword by Cara Lee of The Nature Conservancy 32 full-color photographs by Nora Scarlett 70 B&W maps and photos Paper, 8 x 10, 168 pp Isbn: 9781883789886, $21.95 The successful grassroots fight to stop the construction of a 400-room hotel/conference center and 500 condominiums around Lake Minnewaska in New York State’s Shawangunk...	$21.95 Add:
	The Life and Wars of John Stark STARK The Life and Wars of John Stark French and Indian War Ranger, Revolutionary War General by Richard V. Polhemus & John F. Polhemus Trade paperback, 6″ x 9″, 400 pages, 23 illustrations (maps, drawings, photos, paintings) $21.95, isbn 9781883789749 Engaging and enlightening. ... The authors subtitle their book French and Indian War Ranger, Revolutionary War General. But it is more. In several respects, it is an informative guide to key battles and individuals from the French and Indian War, in which Stark fought with the famed Roger's Rangers, and the events leading up...	$21.95 Add:
	The Unbroken Thread The Unbroken Thread A History of Quiltmaking in the Catskills Steve Hoare Edited by Carter Houck The first illustrated history of the art of quiltmaking as practiced from colonial times to the present in the Catskill Mountains region. A 5-county survey (Ulster, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan and Schoharie), with profiles and examples of the work of all 46 inductees in the Catskill Mountain Quilters Hall of Fame. In this volume Steven Hoare has compiled a wonderful history of the 20th-century women of a little-known region of America. Each woman comes alive in her own voice, complete with her...	$21.95 Add:
	Underground Empires Underground Empires Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure & Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country by Dana Cudmore foreword by Robert & Johanna Titus trade paper, 6″ x 9″, 344 pages, 87 illustrations isbn 9781883789985, $21.95 "I found this an enjoyable and compelling read, and for northeastern cavers interested in the history of our caves and our area, it is indispensable. … In sum, I consider Dana Cudmore’s Underground Empires well worth a place on the shelf next to Roger Brucker’s The Longest Cave. In that respect as well as in history, it puts Howe Caverns and Mammoth Cave...	$21.95 Add:
	A Kayaker's Guide to Lake George, the Saratoga Region A Kayaker's Guide to Lake George, the Saratoga Region & Great Sacandaga Lake by Russell Dunn paperback, 6 x 9, 352 pages, maps & photographs, isbn 9781883789695, $19.95. Join Albany author Russell Dunn, a NYS-licensed guide and author of 10 books on the great outdoors of eastern New York and western New England, as he leads the way on 58 paddling adventures along the beautiful waters of the Saratoga/Lake George region's history-rich lakes and streams. EXPLORE * Lake George * the upper Hudson River * Great Sacandaga Lake * Kayaderosseras Creek * Champlain Canal * Lake Luzerne * Sacandaga...	$19.95 Add: