The Catskills - An Illustrated Historical Guide with Gazetteer

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 Catskill's 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 succint descriptions of the mountains, ranges, rivers, brooks, kills, creeks, and other geographical features of the region.

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur G. Adams
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9780823213016
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-1301-6
• No. of pages: 420
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 679 g
• Series: Irish in the Civil War (Paperb; Irish in the Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > North and Central America