The Hudson : a history / Tom Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Tom, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--History.

Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.).

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--History.

Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Flowing through a valley of sublime scenery, the Hudson River uniquely connects America's past with its present and future. This book traces the course of the river through four centuries, recounting the stories of explorers and traders, artists and writers, entrepreneurs and industrialists, ecologists and preservationists-those who have been shaped by the river as well as those who have helped shape it. Their compelling narratives attest to the Hudson River's distinctive place in American history and the American imagination.Among those who have figured in the history of the Hudson are Benedict Arnold, Alexander Hamilton, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Astors and the Vanderbilts, and Thomas Cole of the Hudson River school. Their stories appear here, alongside those of such less famous individuals as the surveyor who found the source of the Hudson and the engineer who tried to build a hydroelectric plant at Storm King Mountain. Inviting us to view the river from a wider perspective than ever before, this entertaining and enlightening book is worthy of its grand subject.

Contents:

The river and the land

Explorers and traders

The colonizers arrive

The valley transformed

The only passage

The democratic river

Definers of the landscape

River of fortunes

Twentieth-century waters.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611729394

9781281729392

1281729396

9780300129069

0300129068

OCLC:

952731698