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Books:
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BOOKS:
OTHER INDUSTRY
Kingston New York, The Architectral Guide
by William B. Rhoads
Photgraphs by James Bleecker
A guide to 250 years of Hudson Valley architectue with
over 130 sites in nine walking rous that are fully illustrated and
described.
205 pages, published by Black Dome Press Corp.
2003
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paperback
$16.95 |
Kingdom of Coal by Donald Miller & Richard
Sharpless
Work, enterprise, and ethnic communities in the mine
fields. Well-documented history of a giant American industry and a
fascinating story of the unique regional culture it spawned. Feature chapter
on the D&H Canal.
360 pages, published by Canal History & Technology
Press 1998
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paperback
$24.95 |
Pioneer American Railroads by F. Daniel
Larkin
History of
two early railroads, the Mohawk & Hudson and the Saratoga &
Schenectady, written by noted local transportation historian.
95 pages, published by Purple Mountain
Press 1995
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hard
cover
$25.00 |
The Huckleberry Pickers by Marc B.
Fried
A raucous history of the Shawangunk Mountains.
History and folklore of indigenous berry pickers in the region.
160 pages, published by Black Dome
Press 1998
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paperback $14.95 |
I Walked the Road Again ed. Janis
Benincasa
Preface by Pete Seeger
Great stories from the Catskill Mountains, featuring
murder, mayhem, high jinks, and home remedies. Compiled from the New
York Folklore Quarterly
192 pages, published by Purple Mountain
Press 1994
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paperback
$14.50 |
ENGINEERING
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John B. Jervis by Daniel
Larkin
Biography of one of the greatest civil engineers in
the U.S., known as the father of American civil engineering. Researched by
a leading scholar and historian of New York. documents prodigious career
of enterprising engineer whose impact on the technology of transportation
is unparalleled.
192 pages, published by the Iowa State University
1990
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hardcover $27.95 |
Of Pulleys, Ropes and
Gears by Philip
Ruth
History of the Gravity Railroads of the Delaware &
Hudson Canal Company and the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Details the origin
of the Gravity and its Demise. Includes photographs, technical drawings,
and maps.
75 pages, published by the Wayne County Historical
Society 1997 |
soft
cover
$12.00 |
Books:
D&H Canal |
Adult Fiction |
Children's |
Other Canals |
Other Industry |
Other
Gifts |
