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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... whole , threw me almost into raptures , and entirely cured my sea sickness . Add to this , the ships , vessels and boats , of all sizes , from the seventy - four to the little thing darting about , like a feather , with a single person ...
... whole , threw me almost into raptures , and entirely cured my sea sickness . Add to this , the ships , vessels and boats , of all sizes , from the seventy - four to the little thing darting about , like a feather , with a single person ...
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... whole prefer the haystacks . Here commences Tappan Sea , where the river expands to a breadth of three miles , and where in the days of log canoes and pine skiffs , full many an adventurous navigator is said to have encountered dreadful ...
... whole prefer the haystacks . Here commences Tappan Sea , where the river expands to a breadth of three miles , and where in the days of log canoes and pine skiffs , full many an adventurous navigator is said to have encountered dreadful ...
Side 20
... whole is cultivated to the very top , and exhibits a charming display of variegated fields . That the soil was once rich , is established by the fact of this whole district being settled by the Dutch , than whom there never was a people ...
... whole is cultivated to the very top , and exhibits a charming display of variegated fields . That the soil was once rich , is established by the fact of this whole district being settled by the Dutch , than whom there never was a people ...
Side 23
... whole affair , written by Joshua Hett Smith , the person who accompanied Andre across the river from Haverstraw , and whose memory is still in some measure implicated in the treason of Arnold . It is written with much passion and pre ...
... whole affair , written by Joshua Hett Smith , the person who accompanied Andre across the river from Haverstraw , and whose memory is still in some measure implicated in the treason of Arnold . It is written with much passion and pre ...
Side 25
... whole quarto , without coming to a conclusion . Others liken it to the great Dr.- who plays round his subject like children round a bonfire , but never ventures too near , lest he should catch it , and belike burn his fingers . Others ...
... whole quarto , without coming to a conclusion . Others liken it to the great Dr.- who plays round his subject like children round a bonfire , but never ventures too near , lest he should catch it , and belike burn his fingers . Others ...
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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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Albany American Anneke bank beautiful boat bright cakes called Catskill Catskill Mountain clouds dark distance Dolph door Dutch eyes fear feet floating George Pope Morris green Guert hand haunted head heard heart Henry Greene Herman Mordaunt Highlands hills horses hour Hudson hundred Ichabod Idlewild Indian island James Kirke Paulding ladies land light live look Mary Wallace miles morning mountain Nathaniel Parker Willis nature neighborhood never Newburgh night nose party passed picturesque poem reach Rip Van Winkle river road rocks round sail scene scenery seemed seen shore side Sleepy Hollow sleigh sloop soon spirit spot spring stood story stream street Sybrandt thing thou thought town traveller trees turned village Washington Washington Irving West Point whole wild wind window wing Winkle woods York young