Hudson Valley Curiosities

Author : Allison Guertin Marchese
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439662118
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hudson Valley Curiosities written by Allison Guertin Marchese and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hudson Valley is steeped in mysteries, from Celtic chambers resting in the deep woods of Putnam to Millbrook's abandoned Bennett College. The beautiful, tree-spotted landscape of the Hudson Valley hides the strange and sometimes frightening stories of the region. In the Highlands, Iroquois chief Daniel Nimham gave his life for the cause of American independence. The great passenger steamship Swallow sank near the shores of Athens. And there is even one strange night in the Catskills where a legendary playwright miraculously survived a midnight plunge off the suspended Schoharie Bridge. Author Allison Guertin Marchese reveals a treasure-trove of curious tales recounting the most uncommon history of bad guys, bold girls, creepy colleges, missing mastodons and more in this wondrous region of New York.

Author : Michael Adamovic
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764360244
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hudson Valley History and Mystery written by Michael Adamovic and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson Valley is rooted in the mysterious. In fact, author Washington Irving called it "the spellbound region." But whether fact, superstition, or legend, the mystery of the region is detailed here through an amazing range of sites from enigmatic stone structures and ancient petroglyphs, to battlefields, haunted mountaintops, and popular waterfalls. Tales of ghosts and strange creatures, a hint of the supernatural, and attention-grabbing folklore and real-life experiences abound, including a fair share of lost treasure--from the infamous pirate Captain Kidd and outlaw Claudius Smith, to the more modern gangster, Dutch Schultz. Each of the 20 chapters includes mystifying stories, beautiful and expansive photography, and a "Getting There" section that provides coordinates and detailed directions to the location. So whether you're in the mood for an armchair vacation, or real visits to mysterious places, the Hudson Valley region is the place to be.

Author : Jonathan Kruk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614233195
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley written by Jonathan Kruk and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A storyteller examines Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and the lore that inspired it, as well as other local legends of the Hudson Valley. The story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman is one of America's best-known fables, but what other stories does the Hudson Valley hold? Imps cause mischief on the Hudson River, a white lady haunts Raven Rock, Major Andre’s ghost seeks redemption and real headless Hessians search for their severed skulls. These mysterious and spooky tales from the region’s past inspired Irving and continue to captivate the imagination to this day. “Kruk has been enchanting audiences with his dramatic, enticing storytelling ability for 20 years.” —Suzanne Rothberg, Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Patch

Author : Cheri Farnsworth
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811736210
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Hudson Valley written by Cheri Farnsworth and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This part of New York, straddling the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, is rife with stories of the paranormal.

Author : David Levine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781493047895
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Hudson Valley written by David Levine and published by . This book was released on 2020-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dinosaurs and the glaciers to the first native peoples and the first European settlers, from Dutch and English Colonial rule to the American Revolution, from the slave society to the Civil War, from the robber barons and bootleggers to the war heroes and the happy rise of craft beer pubs, the Hudson Valley has a deep history. The Hudson Valley: The First 250 Million Years chronicles the Valley's rich and fascinating history and charms. Often funny, sometimes personal, always entertaining, this collection of essays offers a unique look at the Hudson Valley's most important and interesting people, places, and events.

Author : Andrew K. Amelinckx
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467136433
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hudson Valley Murder & Mayhem written by Andrew K. Amelinckx and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit the long ago crime and dire deeds in the Hudson Valley of New York. The Hudson Valley is drenched in history, culture and blood. In the fall of 1893, Lizzie Halliday left a trail of bodies in her wake, slaughtering two strangers and her husband before stabbing a nurse to death at the asylum housing her. A Jazz Age politician, tired of fighting with his overbearing wife, murdered her and buried the body under the front porch. In 1882, a cantankerous old miner, dubbed the "Austerlitz Cannibal" by the press, chopped up his partner before he himself swung from the end of a rope. Author Andrew Amelinckx dredges up the Hudson Valley's dark past, from Prohibition-era shootouts to unsolved murders, in eleven heart-pounding true stories.

Author : Joseph Allen Hynek
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 9781567183627
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Night Siege written by Joseph Allen Hynek and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 1998 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1983, a few miles north of New York City, hundreds of people were startled to see a UFO - a series of flashing lights that formed a V as big as a football field, moving slowly and silently. This text explores all the evidence and over 7000 sightings, including those recorded up to 1995.

Author : Rachel Mannheimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781955125109
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Earth Room written by Rachel Mannheimer and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Nobel Laureate Louise Glück as Winner of the inaugural Bergman Prize, Rachel Mannheimer's debut, Earth Room, is a dazzling book-length narrative poem that explores with tenderness how art and love intersect to make one's life. Transporting the reader across decades and from the Moon to Mars by way of Alaska, Berlin, and the Hudson Valley, Earth Room considers a lineage of sculpture, performance, and land art--from Robert Smithson to Pina Bausch--with observations shaped by gender and environment, history and portents of apocalypse. With an urgent, direct, and unmistakably powerful voice, Mannheimer tests the line between nature and culture, ordinary life and performance. A work of sly wit and bracing sincerity, Earth Room is an original, unsparing book that Louise Glück calls "a lesson in how to make something of where we find ourselves."

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Balance, and Columbian Repository written by and published by . This book was released on 1806 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon Grice
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0761189378
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cabinet of Curiosities written by Gordon Grice and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exactly the book for every young explorer who loves finding stuff in nature and bringing it home. Cabinet of Curiosities is a lavishly illustrated introduction to the wonders of natural history and the joys of being an amateur scientist and collector. Nature writer Gordon Grice, who started his first cabinet of curiosities at age six when he found a skunk’s skull, explains how scientists classify all living things through the Linnaeus system; how to tell real gold from fool’s gold; how to preserve butterflies, crab shells, feathers, a robin’s egg, spider specimens, and honeycombs; how to identify seashells; the difference between antlers and horns; how to read animal tracks. And then, what to do with your specimens, including how to build a cabinet of curiosities out of common household objects, like a desk organizer or a box for fishing tackle.