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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $68, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNYS14)		  
Hudson River Panorama, A Passage Through Time  •  John Stilgoe  •  Christine Miles  •  Tammis K. Groft  •  W. Douglas McCombs  •  Ruth Greene-McNally
HISTORY •  2009 •  PAPER  • 134 PAGES
The staff of the Albany Institute of History & Art produced this inviting book to accompany a 2009 exhibition of the same name commemorating Henry Hudson's 1609 exploration of the river. The book explores the river's natural history and environment, followed by exploration of its functions over the years for transportation, trade, commerce and industry, and its role in the culture of the region and as a symbol. (NYS107, $29.95)		   Hudson River Panorama, A Passage Through Time
Moon Handbook Hudson River Valley  •  Nikki Goth Itoi
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES
A practical guide in the popular series, featuring background on history, culture, nature and attractions. (NYC154, $16.99)		   Moon Handbook Hudson River Valley
The Hudson, A History  •  Tom Lewis
HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
This scholarly, illustrated history of the Hudson River traces its course through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers, artists, industrialists and ecologists--those who have been shaped by the river as well as those who have helped shape it. (NYS46, $17.00)		   The Hudson, A History
Hudson Valley, Catskills Map  •  Hagstrom
2005 •  MAP
This handy, laminated overview map shows the Hudson River, east to the Catskills, at a scale of 1:190,000. Two Sides. 20x25 inches. (NYS71, $8.95)		  



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Hudson River Journey  •  Joanne Michaels  •  Hardie Truesdale   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A photo-essay on suggested places to visit in the Hudson River Valley. (NYC98, $29.95)
 		  
Foods of the Hudson, A Seasonal Sampling of the Region's Bounty  •  Peter G. Rose   • FOOD  •  Rose offers 172 historic recipes from the Hudson River valley, complete with a history of ingredients and explanations for each dish, drawing on native American and Dutch traditions. (NYS62, $16.95)
 		  
Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point  •  Stephen Ambrose  •  Dwight D. Eisenhower  •  Andrew J. Goodpaster   • HISTORY  •  Starting with its formation during the Revolutionary War, renowned historian Ambrose follows the history of the United States Military Academy at West Point. First published in 1966, this updated edition brings the story of the academy into the present. (USE71, $25.00)
 		  
Life Along the Hudson  •  Allan Keller  •  Alfred Marks   • HISTORY  •  A brief, lively portrait of the Hudson from its discovery through modern times, with illustrations and tours through the region's stately mansions. (USE196, $30.00)
 		  
Matters of Taste, Food and Drink in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art and Life  •  Donna R. Barnes   • HISTORY  •  Barnes discusses 60 paintings from both an art history and culinary perspective, including period recipes that have been adapted to the modern kitchen. (NTH97, $49.95)
 		  
The Hudson  •  Carl Cramer  •  Edward J. McLaughlin   • HISTORY  •  First published in the 1939, this is a folk history of the Hudson River from a writer who lived along its banks for much of his life. (NYS22, $30.00)
 		  
The Hudson River, From Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan  •  Jake Rajs  •  Joan K. Davidson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This lush, visual celebration of the Hudson River Valley's historic towns, mansions and wilderness includes color photos paired with the writings of luminaries including Washington Irving, Charles Dickens and Robert Caro. (NYS44, $25.00)
 		  
The Island at the Center of the World  •  Russell Shorto   • HISTORY  •  Shorto's popular history of New Amsterdam tells in colorful detail how the short-lived Dutch colony established principles of tolerance, multiculturalism and modern capitalism in New York City and colonial America. (NYC153, $16.95)
 		  
The Rockefeller Family Home: Kyukit  •  Anne Rockefeller Roberts  •  Mary Louise Pierson   • HISTORY  •  John D. Rockefeller Jr's granddaughter offers a look at her family's Hudson River Valley country home. She begins with the house's construction and covering all subsequent additions. Lavishly illustrated with 275 images, 225 in color. (NYS37, $49.95)
 		  
All That is Glorious Around Us: Paintings from the Hudson River School  •  John Driscoll   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A collection of 78 full-page color reproductions of paintings from the Hudson River School, along with short introductory essays. (NYS33, $45.00)
 		  
Hudson River School Visions, The Landscapes of Sanford R. Gifford  •  Franklin Kelley  •  Kevin J. Avery   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The catalog for a 2004 exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Amon Carter Museum and National Gallery of Art of this lesser-known Hudson River school painter, featuring scholary essays and reproductions of 70 paintings. (NYS64, $60.00)
 		  
Kindred Spirits, Asher B. Durand and the American Landscape  •  Linda Ferber   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The catalog of an exhibition of the 19th-century artist, member of the Hudson River School and founder of the National Academy of Design. (ART81, $55.00)
 		  
Landscape Gardens on the Hudson  •  Robert M. Toole   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Toole surveys the history of the great estates, the Romatic Age and the birth of American landscape architecture in this illustrated survey. (NYS111, $24.95)
 		  
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and Plaza Memorials  •  Dennis Anderson   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A stunning celebration of the Empire State Plaza Art Collection in Albany, featuring scholarly essays and reproductions of the works of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly and others. (NYS63, $75.00)
 		  
The Romantic Landscape, Photographs in the Tradition of the New York Hudson Valley Painters  •  Stan Lichens   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A collection of seventy-five photographs of the Hudson River Valley by Stan Lichens, organized by season. (NYS47, $24.95)
 		  
The Last of the Mohicans  •  James Fenimore Cooper   • LITERATURE  •  The first of the Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper's racially complex, anti-nationalist 1826 novel was set in rural New York State during the French and Indian War. (NYC24, $4.95)
 		  
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories  •  Washington Irving   • LITERATURE  •  Traveling to the Hudson River Valley? Stay awake at night with this great, suspenseful yarn -- or rest easy and read some of the American master's gentler short works. (NYC23, $10.00)
 		  
 
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