Item #5531 The Catskills An Illustrated Historical Guide with Gazetteer. Arthur G. Adams.

The Catskills An Illustrated Historical Guide with Gazetteer

Publisher: Fordham University Press, January 1, 1990.
Edition: Second Revised
Book Condition: New
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0823213013 / 9780823213016

This scrupulously revised edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the beauty and wonder of the Catskill mountain region. Combining a wealth of information with abundant illustrations, the book falls into four main sections. The first section deals principally with the geography of the area. Part Two focuses on the region's history, with subsections on Railroad Fever, The Romantic Era, War and Revolution, and Famous Hotels. Part Three- devoted to the Catskills' legends, literature, and art-features descriptive passages from the work of such famous writers as James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving. The final section is an extensive gazetteer that provides succinct descriptions of the mountains, ranges, rivers, brooks, kills, creeks, and other geographical features of the region.

Review


a...covers a much wider area than any of the previous guides.a

About the Author


Arthur G. Adams is founding president of the Hudson River Maritime Center at Roundabout Landing in Kingston. In 1981, he was given a special award of merit for outstanding achievement in Regional Studies by the State University of New York. He is Executive Vice President of the Hudson River Navigation Company is trustee of the Victor Herbert Performance Trust Fund.

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