A Hudson Valley Reader: Writing from the 17th Century to the present
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Contents:
I. A place in time. The hand of man / Robert H. Boyle -- The value of local history / Lewis Mumford -- Letters from the American Revolution / George Washington -- The genius of the scene / Henry James -- Radio address on election eve / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- II. Lives of the people. Rolling to Hyorky from the Catskill shore / Carl Carmer -- Riverside Shakespeare / Mrs. Anne Grant -- Sketching the Hudson / Benson Lossing -- Libertymen's declaration of independence -- The duke's law, an act for regulating of slaves -- The Federalist no. 1 / Alexander Hamilton -- The north river steam boat / Robert Fulton -- Articles of peace / The Dutch and Esopus Indians -- The capture and execution of Major John André / James Thacher -- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving.
III. Houses and gardens. A visit to Montgomery Place / Andrew Jackson Downing -- The octagon house / Orson S. Fowler -- Taking up land in New Netherland / Cornelius van Tienhoven -- Alteration of an old house / Calvert Vaux -- The highland terrace / Nathaniel P. Willis -- Shaker chairs / Robert M. Wagan -- May 1870 / Frederic E. Church -- Livingston Houses / Clare Brandt.
IV. Seasons of the traveler. Letter on the American people / Alexis de Tocqueville -- The third voyage of Master Henry Hudson / Robert Juet -- Pine orchard house / Harriet Martineau -- General Lafayette returns to America / Frederick Butler -- The Albany legislature / Captain Basil Hall -- West Point / Anthony Trollope -- Travel books / James Kirke Paulding -- The setting / Roland Van Zandt -- V. Natural histories. A bird medley / John Burroughs -- Apples / Hector St. John de Crev́ecoeur -- Fly-fishing near New York / Theodore Gordon -- June 1749 / Peter Kalm -- The Ashokan Reservoir is built / Alf Evers -- Gyspy moths and man / Daniel Smiley -- Selected letters / Cadwallader Colden -- Storing King saved! / Albert Butzel -- Of the seasons / Adriaen Van der Donck.
VI. Regions of the spirit. I live in the country / Alan Devoe -- A place for regionalism? / David C. Pierce and Richard C. Wiles -- Hudson River sights / Walt Whitman -- American scenery / Thomas Cole -- The Hudson River Valley : a bioregional story / Thomas Berry.