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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... Island , with its low shores , studded with pretty houses , and foliage of various kinds , mixed up with the dark cedars . On the other , Staten Island , with its high bluff , crowned by the telegraph and signal poles ; and beyond , the ...
... Island , with its low shores , studded with pretty houses , and foliage of various kinds , mixed up with the dark cedars . On the other , Staten Island , with its high bluff , crowned by the telegraph and signal poles ; and beyond , the ...
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An Anthology Arthur G. Adams. opened to our view . The little islands of the bay crowned with castles ; the river beyond terminated by the lofty ledge of perpendicular rocks , called the palisades ; and lastly , the queen of the west ...
An Anthology Arthur G. Adams. opened to our view . The little islands of the bay crowned with castles ; the river beyond terminated by the lofty ledge of perpendicular rocks , called the palisades ; and lastly , the queen of the west ...
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... Island , the surgeon and hee fell out in Dutch , and hee beat him ashore in English , which set all the company in a rage ; so that wee had much ado to get the surgeon aboarde . I told the master of it , but hee bade mee let it alone ...
... Island , the surgeon and hee fell out in Dutch , and hee beat him ashore in English , which set all the company in a rage ; so that wee had much ado to get the surgeon aboarde . I told the master of it , but hee bade mee let it alone ...
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... Island , and crowned with the little buoyant islands on its bosom . If he looks before him , on one side the picturesque shore of Jersey , its rich strip of meadows and orchards , sometimes backed by the wood crowned hills , and at ...
... Island , and crowned with the little buoyant islands on its bosom . If he looks before him , on one side the picturesque shore of Jersey , its rich strip of meadows and orchards , sometimes backed by the wood crowned hills , and at ...
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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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