The Hudson River Guidebook - Softcover

Arthur G. Adams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823216802 ISBN 13: 9780823216802

Publisher: Fordham University Press, 1996

Synopsis

The first comprehensive guide to the Hudson since the works of Ernest Ingersoll were published in the early 1900s, this guidebook arrives to fill the need for a detailed, point-by-point guide to the river from its intersection with the Atlantic to its source in the Adirondacks.

Adams offers his reader five routes by which to tour the region. The traveler can venture directly up the main steamboat channel, or choose road and rail routes on the east and west shores of the river. Maps for each route are included, together with suggestions for excursions to many points of local and historical interest along the way. Over 250 photographs and paintings, and excerpts from American authors pepper the book, giving multiple perspectives of the region’s long history.

For the armchair as well as the actual traveler, from the Abyssal Plain to Doodletown and Chevaux de-Frise, past Anthony’s nose, Burden’s ironworks, and the Saratoga Battle Field to the Hudson’s source at Lake Tear of the Clouds – this is the perfect traveling guide to the Hudson River region, rich in its history and culture, and ever-plentiful in its breathtaking sights.

About this title

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.

From the Back Cover

There is a renewed interest in the Hudson. People are again beginning to travel upon it, as well as along the roads that follow its banks. This book describes the river and shorelines point by point, with historical background.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823216802
• ISBN 13: 9780823216802
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 430