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.

 

Downstate New York Rock Walks: An Explorer's Guide to Amazing Boulders and Rock Formations
by C. Russell Dunn (Excelsior Editions of SUNY Press, 2024) 526 pp.

 

Woodstock: From World War to Culture Wars
by Richard Heppner (Excelsior Editions of SUNY Press, 2024) 268 pp.

 

Robert Rogers, Ranger: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
by  Martin Klotz (Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2024) 276 pp.

Growing Up Roosevelt: A Granddaughter's Memoir of Eleanor Roosevelt
by Nina Roosevelt Gibson (Excelsior Editions of SUNY Press, 2023) 190 pp.

 

The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier
by Amy Godine (Cornell University Press, 2023) 488 pp.

 

In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831, Second Edition
by Susan Stessin-Cohn and Ashley Hurlburt-Bagini (Black Dome Press, 2023) 472 pp.

 

Historic Tales of the Harlem Valley; Life At The End of the Line
by Tonia Shoumatoff (Charlston: The History Press, 2023) 204 pp.

 

The Crucible of Public Policy: New York Courts in the Progressive Era
by Bruce W. Dearstyne (Excelsior Editions of SUNY Press, 2022) 305 pp.

 

The Battle of White Plains: Washington and Howe in Westchester
by Stephen Paul DeVillo (The History Press, 2022) 125 pp.

 

Elverhoj: The Arts and Crafts Colony at Milton-on-Hudson
by William B. Rhoads and Leslie Melvin (Black Dome Press, 2022) 218 pp.

 

Palisades: The People's Park (20th Anniversary Edition)
by Robert O. Binnewies (Fordham University Press, 2021) 405 pp.

 

An Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women's Rights
by Marguerite Kearns (SUNY Press, Excelsior Editions, 2021) 332 pp.