The Hudson River in Literature: An AnthologyArthur G. Adams State University of New York Press, 30. jun. 1980 - 424 sider This lovingly prepared anthology contains an abundance of poems and excerpts from novels and essays describing the Hudson River, work and travel on it, and life alongside it before the twentieth century. Some of these documents are the creations of well-known writers such as Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman. Others were written by lesser-known writers whose work has long been out of print or available only as part of their collected works. From Whitman's "mast-hemm'd Manhattan" to Nathaniel Park Willis's "sabbath solitude" on upstate riverbanks, the modern reader will find still-accurate descriptions of the physical river itself. The many excerpts that describe particular aspects of Hudson life—Indian canoes, Dutch farms, steamboat excursions, and the majestic scenery—allow the modern reader to visualize the river at a time when it dominated life in eastern New York. By providing an especially vivid impression of New York State's history and heritage, this volume will fascinate and inform residents of the Hudson Valley and all those who love its river. |
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... doors , preparatory to laying the tables , station yourself in a proper situation for action at one of them . The inside ... door with a segar in your hand . No matter if you are sitting at the middle of the inner side of the table , and ...
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... door way , or on the stairs , or in narrow passages , and never get out of the way to let people pass , particularly ladies . If there happens to be a scarcity of seats , be sure to stretch yourself at full length upon a sopha or a ...
... door way , or on the stairs , or in narrow passages , and never get out of the way to let people pass , particularly ladies . If there happens to be a scarcity of seats , be sure to stretch yourself at full length upon a sopha or a ...
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... door , Leave such a long unliquidated score . " POINT NO POINT . Directly opposite to Sing Sing is Point no Point , a singular range of highlands of the trap formation , which are extremely apt to deceive the traveller who dont ...
... door , Leave such a long unliquidated score . " POINT NO POINT . Directly opposite to Sing Sing is Point no Point , a singular range of highlands of the trap formation , which are extremely apt to deceive the traveller who dont ...
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Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
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Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
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Afloat and Ashore excerpts | 165 |
The Last of the Mohicans excerpts | 209 |
William Cullen Bryant | 218 |
Henry Wheeler Shaw Josh Billings | 303 |
Walt Whitman | 315 |
Susan Bogert Warner Elizabeth Wetherell | 321 |
Wallace Bruce Thrusty McQuill | 329 |
Hamilton Wright Mabie | 335 |
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