Research Catalog

Title

The Hudson : America's river / Frances F. Dunwell.

Author

Dunwell, Frances F.

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Dunwell, Frances F.

Description

xxiv, 363 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 28 cm.

Subjects

• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > History
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > History > Sources
• Hudson Highlands (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions
• Public opinion > United States
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > Public opinion
• Human ecology > New York (State) > Hudson Highlands
• Hudson Highlands (N.Y.) > History > Sources
• Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > Environmental conditions

Note

• Updated and expanded ed. of: The Hudson River Highlands. 1991.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-344) and index.

Contents

1. World's end, world trade, world river : Henry Hudson's failed quest, Adriaen Van der Donck's utopian vision, and the legend of the storm ship -- 2. The river that unites, the river that divides : King George and George Washington vie for the Hudson -- 3. America's river of empire : Robert Fulton's folly, Robert Livingston's venture capital, and DeWitt Clinton's ditch spark the rise of New York port -- 4. First stop on the American tour : Europe discovers Sylvanus Thayer's West Point, a Catskills sunrise, and a river that defines the American character -- 5. America's first artists and writers : the sacred river of Thomas Cole, the mythic river of Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper -- 6. The industrialized river : Gouverneur Kemble's weapon works, Henry Burden's iron foundries, and Colonel Stevens's engine factory --7. Going up the river for health and fun : New York City journalist N.P. Willis survives TB and discovers an idle wild -- 8. Design with nature : the landscape gardens of A.J. Downing, the architecture of A.J. Davis, and the inspiration for Central Park and Riverside Drive -- 9. Gateway to America, escape route to Canada : immigrants greet a beacon of liberty, John Jervis creates a new river route, and a railroad goes underground -- 10. Millionaires' row : the river castles of J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and Frederic Church, and the floating palaces of Manhattan's West side -- 11. A forest to protect a commercial river : land surveyor Verplanck Colvin, photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard, and the New York Board of Trade campaign to safeguard the Hudson in the Adirondacks -- 12. An interstate park for the Palisades and the Highlands and a new progressive vision : Elizabeth Vermilye's Women's Clubs, Edward and Mary Harriman's Park, Mrs. Olmsted's Fresh Air camp, and Margaret Sage's charity -- 13. Over, under, across, and through : civil engineers triumph over nature, except in New York Harbor -- 14. Surviving the depression, connecting with nature : FDR's river of dignity, Robert Moses's Riverside Drive, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s parkway -- 15. The 1960s : Scenic Hudson, Riverkeeper, Clearwater, and the Nature Convervancy campaign to save a mountain and revive a "dead" river

Call Number

JFF 08-565

ISBN

• 9780231136402 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0231136404 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780231136419 (pbk.)
• 0231136412 (pbk.)

LCCN

2007017963

OCLC

131062639

Author

Dunwell, Frances F.

Title

The Hudson : America's river / Frances F. Dunwell.

Imprint

New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-344) and index.

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Added Author

Dunwell, Frances F. Hudson River Highlands.

Research Call Number

JFF 08-565

IRM (Hudson River) 08-6899