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The Hudson
America's River
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Frances Dunwell
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2008
About this book
Frances F. Dunwell presents a rich portrait of the Hudson and of the visionary people whose deep relationship with the river inspires changes in American history and culture. Lavishly illustrated with color plates of Hudson River School paintings, period engravings, and glass plate photography, The Hudson captures the spirit of the river through the eyes of its many admirers. It shows the crucial role of the Hudson in the shaping of Manhattan, the rise of the Empire State, and the trajectory of world trade and global politics, as well as the river's influence on art and architecture, engineering, and conservation.
Author / Editor information
Frances F. Dunwell is the author of Hudson River Highlands and has spent over thirty years in a number of nonprofit and governmental positions dedicated to conserving the natural and historic heritage of the Hudson River.
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Robert F. Kennedy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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River of Imagining, People of Passion and Dreams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Henry Hudson’s Failed Quest, Adriaen Van der Donck’s Utopian Vision, and the Legend of the Storm Ship Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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King George and George Washington Vie for the Hudson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Robert Fulton’s Folly, Robert Livingston’s Venture Capital, and DeWitt Clinton’s Ditch Spark the Rise of New York Port Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Europe Discovers Sylvanus Thayer’s West Point, a Catskills Sunrise, and a River That Defines the American Character Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Th e Sacred River of Thomas Cole, the Mythic River of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Gouverneur Kemble’s Weapon Works, Henry Burden’s Iron Foundries, and Colonel Stevens’s Engine Factory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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New York City Journalist N. P. Willis Survives TB and Discovers an Idle Wild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Th e Landscape Gardens of A. J. Downing, the Architecture of A. J. Davis, and the Inspiration for Central Park and Riverside Drive Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Immigrants Greet a Beacon of Liberty, John Jervis Creates a New River Route, and a Railroad Goes Underground Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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The River Castles of J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and Frederic Church, and the Floating Palaces of Manhattan’s West Side Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Land Surveyor Verplanck Colvin, Photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard, and the New York Board of Trade Campaign to Safeguard the Hudson in the Adirondacks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Elizabeth Vermilye’s Women’s Clubs, Edward and Mary Harriman’s Park, Mrs. Olmsted’s Fresh Air Camp, and Margaret Sage’s Charity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Civil Engineers Triumph Over Nature, Except in New York Harbor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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FDR’s River of Dignity, Robert Moses’s Riverside Drive, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s Parkway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Scenic Hudson, Riverkeeper, Clearwater, and Th e Nature Conservancy Campaign to Save a Mountain and Revive a “Dead” River Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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A River of Power, and the Power of Passion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF |
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 10, 2008
eBook ISBN:
9780231509961
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
392
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80 illus.
eBook ISBN:
9780231509961
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
