Blithe Dutchess: The Flowering of an American County from 1812.

Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), gilt lettering, map in rear envelope, uncut, x, 500 pp. Very Good, in a Good, mylar protected dust jacket with edgewear that includes chipping. From dust jacket: The essential New Yorker is apt to say, "Outside New York City everything's just Poughkeepsie." Perhaps he speaks more wisely than he knows, for Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County present an exceptional testing-ground for historical inspection of the American way of life. A rural countryside, with an industrial waterfront; trade and transit in full swing; a long-settled society to which many younger elements have been continuously added; community action on social objectives; education at all levels, public and private; widely variant groups in friendly intercourse, with integration sill uncompleted; Typically American, you would say. New York, Americana, U. S.-iana, United States History, U. S. History, American History, American Culture bslic.