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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... head fast from the sterne of the ship , then out with theire topsayles , and towards the east they stood in a cleare sea . " The mutineers being on shore , some days after , were attacked by a party of indians . " John Thomas and ...
... head fast from the sterne of the ship , then out with theire topsayles , and towards the east they stood in a cleare sea . " The mutineers being on shore , some days after , were attacked by a party of indians . " John Thomas and ...
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... head and waft to the ship , which at the first saw us not , and when they did , they could not tell what to make of us ; but in the end they stood for us , and so took us up . Henry Greene was thrown out of the boat into the sea , and ...
... head and waft to the ship , which at the first saw us not , and when they did , they could not tell what to make of us ; but in the end they stood for us , and so took us up . Henry Greene was thrown out of the boat into the sea , and ...
Side 20
... head as clean as a whistle , to the great horror of Mynheer Van Noorden , who actually stopt eating his breakfast . This awful catastrophe , brought the big loaves into disrepute , but such was their attachment to good 20 THE ...
... head as clean as a whistle , to the great horror of Mynheer Van Noorden , who actually stopt eating his breakfast . This awful catastrophe , brought the big loaves into disrepute , but such was their attachment to good 20 THE ...
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... head quarters , for they would only be tried by a court martial and punished for mutiny . Still the firmness of these young men sustained them against all these threats and temptations , and they finally delivered him to Colonel Jameson ...
... head quarters , for they would only be tried by a court martial and punished for mutiny . Still the firmness of these young men sustained them against all these threats and temptations , and they finally delivered him to Colonel Jameson ...
Side 27
Du har nået visningsgrænsen for denne bog.
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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