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Episodes from a Hudson River Town
Clesson S. Bush
其他書名
New Baltimore, New York
出版State University of New York Press, 2011-08-01
主題History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
ISBN14384403599781438440354
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2pabvBmZXaIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Winner of the 2012 Award for Excellence presented by the Greater Hudson Heritage Network

The seemingly unremarkable Hudson River town of New Baltimore has had its ups and downs, you could certainly say that. Here, generations of families have worked the fields until the yield tapped out, built and repaired ships and barges until the steam age died, and harvested ice until refrigeration made "icebox" a quaint colloquialism. Yet despite the various economic, social, and military forces that have transformed the town, New Baltimore and its residents have endured, celebrating their triumphs and enduring their tragedies. Drawing on original town board minutes, Greene County surrogate and land records, federal and state military records, land patents, colonial documents, conversations with local residents, censuses, and period newspapers, town historian Clesson S. Bush provides an authentic portrait of a small-town community, making the routine—and drama—of small-town life on the Hudson River come alive.