The Hudson : a history

The Hudson : a history / Tom Lewis.

The Hudson River has always played a vital role in American culture. Flowing through a valley of sublime scenery, the great 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 an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lewis, Tom, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
HISTORY > State & Local.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > General.
Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > History.
Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) > History.
United States > Hudson River
United States > Hudson River Valley
History
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Table of 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.

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