3. The Writers’ River: Washington Irving and N. P. Willis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Tourists’ River: Experiencing the Hudson Valley 8
7. 2. The Artist’s River: Thomas Cole 28
8. 3. The Writers’ River: Washington Irving and N. P. Willis 47
9. 4. The River in a Garden: A. J. Downing 69
10. 5. Change and the Search for Continuity at Midcentury 92
11. 6. Elegy for the Hudson River School: Jervis McEntee 110
12. 7. The Naturalist’s River: John Burroughs 133
13. 8. A River in Time: Preserving Landscape, Celebrating History 151
14. Conclusion 173
15. Notes 177
16. Index 199