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Books for Review

The titles below are available for review. If you are interested in reviewing a book for publication in the Hudson River Valley Review, please contact us with your selected title and a brief introduction. Be sure to include your academic background and affiliation.

 

Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King:  The Memoirs of Alexander "Sam" Aldrich

Sam Aldrich.  (Albany, NY:  State University of New York Press).  263pp.

 

Episodes from a Hudson River Town:  New Baltimore, New York

Clesson S. Bush. (Albany, NY:  State University of New York Press).  268pp.

 

Si x Weeks in Saratoga:  How Three-Year-Old Filly Rachel Alexandra Beat the Boys and Became Horse of the Year

Brendan O'Meara. (Albany, NY:  State University of New York Press). 267pp. 

 

Steamboats on the Hudson River (an Images of America title)

William H. Ewen, Jr. (Charleston, NC: Arcadia Publishing). 128 pp.

 

So Many Brave Men: A History of the Battle at Minisink Ford

Mark Hendrickson, Jon Inners, Peter Osborne (Easton, PA: The Pienpack Company). 828 pp.

 

Stealing Secrets: How a Few Daring Women Deceived Generals, Impacted Battles, and Altered the Course of the Civil War

H. Donald Winkler (New York, NY: Source Books, Inc.). 336 pp.

 

A Place in History: Albany in the Age of Revolution, 1775-1825

Warren Roberts (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press). 335 pp.

 

Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643): Designing a New World

Janny Venema (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press). 352 pp.

 

Adirondack Trails with Tales: History Hikes through the Adirondack Park and the Lake George, Lake Champlain, & Mohawk Valley Regions

Russell Dunn and Barbara Delaney (Hensonville, NY: Black Dome Press Corp.). 251 pp.

 

The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park

Edited by William F. Porter, Jon D. Erickson, Ross S. Whaley (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press). 540 pp.

 

Hudson Valley Faces & Places

Patricia Edwards Clyne (Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc.). 333 pp. 

 

Hudson Valley Tales & Trails

Patricia Edwards Clyne (New York, NY: The Overlook Press, Peter Mayer Publishers, Inc.). 291 pp.

 

Lucinda; or, The Mountain Mourner

Edited by Mischelle B. Anthony (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press). 96 pp. 

 

Wine, A Gentleman's Game: The Adventures of an Amateur Winemaker Turned Professional

Mark Miller (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press). 213 pp.

 

A Huguenot on the Hackensack: David Demarest and His Legacy

David C. Major and John S. Major (Madison and Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press). 261 pp.

 

The Hudson-Fulton Celebration: New York Festival of 1909 and the Making of a Metropolis

Kathleen Eagan Johnson (Tarrytown, NY: Fordham University Press, 2009 ). 228 pp.

 

Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909

Edward F. Levine (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009 ). 128 pp.

 

  Food, Drink, and Celebrations of the Hudson Valley Dutch

  Peter G. Rose (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2009 ). 157 pp.

 

New York: Yesterday and Today

Meg Schneider (Minneapolis, MN: Voyageur Press, 2008 ). 144 pp.

 

Dutch New York: The Roots of Hudson Valley Culture

Edited by Roger Panetta (Yonkers, NY : Hudson River Museum/Fordham University Press, 2009). 454 pp.

 

The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District

John Warren (Charleston, SC: The history Press, 2009). 128 pp.

 

Rhinebeck’s Historic Architecture

Nancy V. Kelly (Charleston, sC: The history Press, 2009). 192 pp.

 

Hurley, New York: A Brief History

Deana F. Decker (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2009) 144 pp.

 

Water Writes: A Hudson River Anthology In Celebration of The Hudson 400

Edited by Laurence Carr, Joann Deiudicibus, Penny Freel, and Rachel Rigolino (New Paltz, NY: Codhill Press, 2009) 124 pp.

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