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_____BARE TREES Zadoc Pratt, Master Tanner
Millern, Patricia E. In the early 1800's Zadock Pratt built what was called the largest tannery in the world and used the (seemingly) endless hemlock forests of the Catskills to run it. By 1900 the forests were gone. This is the story. b&w illus, 100pp P $11.95
_____BIG EYES
Atkinson, Oriana. A novel of the Catskills 294pp P $7.95
_____BIG HOLLOW - A Mountaintop History of Maplecrest
Hitchcock, Elwood From a rugged mountain wilderness through the heyday of the Catskill's grand hotels to the present, a history of this Windham community. 127pp B&W illus P $14.95
_____THE CATSKILLS From Wilderness to Woodstock
Evers, Alf. The definitive, monumental study of the Catskill Mt. region by the areas most esteemed historian. This sets the standard for regional history. (see also his WOODSTOCK) B&W photos 750pp H $39.50 - Temp out-of-print
_____The Catskills An Illustrated Historical Guide with Gazetteer
Edited by Arthur G. Adams. Combining awealth of information with abundant illustrations, The Catskills falls into four sections. The first deals with the geography of the area and includes a discussion of what defines the Catskill Mountain area proper, a subject which has been the topic of some debate. Part Two focuses on the region's history, with subsections on railroads and famous hotels. Part Three-devoted to the Catskills' legends, literature, and art-and features descriptive passages from the works of such writers as Washington Irving andJames Fenimore Cooper. The final section is an extensive gazetteer that provides succinct descriptions and locations of the towns, mountain ranges, rivers, brooks, kills, creeks, and other geographical features of the region. 402 pp./illus. $22.00
_____THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS AND THE REGION AROUND
Rockwell, Charles. Reprint of the 1867 historic account of the region includes contributions by Cooper, Irving, Bryant, Cole 351pp H $19.95
_____THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN HOUSE
Van Zant, Roland. 25th anniversary edition of this classic history of the mountain house color and b&w photos new P $21.95
_____CATSKILL MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Steuding, Bob.By the acclaimed author of LAST OF THE HANDMADE DAMS, the poet laureate of Ulster County presents his most recent collection of introspective essays and poems. 159pp P $14.50
_____CATSKILL RAMBLES
Wapner, Kenneth. An account of one journalist's search for quiet memories and ordinary miracles. 210pp H $22.95
_____A CATSKILLS BOYHOOD
DuBois, Philip. A charming recounting of life along the Hudson between 1908 and 1921, filled with nostalgia. 128pp illus P $12.95
_____A Catskill Woodsman: Mike Todd's Story As told to Norman Studer
MIKE TODD was a woodsman, a musician, a fire warden, a water witch, a poacher, a drinker, a quarryman, a raftsman, a blacksmith, a bear hunter. But most of all he was a storyteller, perhaps the Central Catskills' most famous. He was born in Dry Brook valley in 1877 and grew up in homespun clothes. Before he died in 1960 he recorded his life story for folklorist Norman Studer who interspersed Mike's recollections with those of his family and friends to create this unique study of an extraordinary individual. 122 pages, 5.5 X 8.5, paper, third printing, $12.50 0-935796-08-8
_____CAVES FOR KIDS IN HISTORIC NEW YORK
Clyne, P.E.. Travel guide and legends of 19 caves in New York safe for kids. maps b&w photos 162pp P $10.00
_____FARM WORK AND FAIR PLAY
Joyce Ice, photos by Drew Hanby. The County Fair and the folks who live and work on farms in Delaware Co. - ISBN 0-9622903-2-7 ; 8-1/2 x 8-1/2 - 64 pages - Color & B&W Photos - Paper - $9.95
_____FORESTS OF THE CATSKILLS
McIntosh,Robert P.. A serious study with maps & charts. 27pp P $5.00
_____ IN CATSKILL COUNTRY
Evers, Alf. Published on his 90th birthday (!), this collection of essays about nature and life, originally printed in the Catskill Center For Conservation newsletter, will delight Alf's many fans (see: THE CATSKILLS, WOODSTOCK and I WALKED THE ROAD AGAIN). Readers everywhere will enjoy them for his wisdom and compassion. indexed. 175 pp H $19.95
_____THE HUCKLEBERRY PICKERS A raucous history of the Shawangunk Mts
Fried, Marc B. They were squatters and free spirits who played as hard as they worked; loners and families, an isolated, clannish and independent people whose summer communities held together for nearly a century. 160pp P $14.95
_____THE HISTORY OF HENSONVILLE A Mountaintop History
by Elwood Hitchcock A ninety-year-old lifelong resident of a small Catskill Mountain community reminisces about mountaintop life in the early twentieth century, chronicles the changes wrought by this century, and pieces together the origins of the community from its founding in 1818. 120 pages - Photos - Maps - Index - Paper - $14.95 - ISBN 1-883789-17-6
_____ Hudson River & Catskill Mountains Guide 1910
Ingersol. Included here for a tour from Kingston through Shandaken to the Mt Top and down to the Hudson in Catskill. The 6 huge fold-out maps complete this turn-of-the-century historical and geological guide of the region. 245pp P $15.95
_____KAATERSKILL
A collection of writings on subjects dear to this area by our prominent authors. preface by Roland Van Zant 120pp P $13.95
_____LAST OF THE HANDMADE DAMS
Steuding, Bob. The complete story of the conception, relocation of residents and construction of the Ashokan Reservoir. with footnotes, bibliography, index, B&W photos and a fold-out map 128pp P $12.50 See also "Water For New York City"
_____MOUNTAINTOP AND VALLEY
Horne, Field. Stories and photos of Greene County folkart and artists. oversized with many B&W photos , index 48pp P $10.00
Reprint of the 1923 classic, filled with maps, drawings, vintage ads and b&w photos of various journeys through the Catskill Mts. 6"x 9", 100 pages P $9.95
_____PORTRAITS OF PRIDE The Mountaintop Remembers
Winter, Richard. Photographic portraits and stories of a generation of Catskill Mountain residents too fast disappearing. Our lives are enriched for knowing these people. 206pp P $19.95
_____QUILTED TOGETHER
Joyce Ice & Linda Norris. Excellent study of quiltmakers and quiltmaking groups. - ISBN 0-9622903-0-0 ; 10-1/2x 8-1/2 - 80 pages - Color & B&W Photos - Paper - $9.95
_____Remember the Catskills Tales by a Recovering Hotelkeeper
Esterita "Cissie" Blumberg.
". . .a hug for keeping the Catskills alive with this fine book." Red Buttons
"This book is fascinating. . .not only historically accurate. . .but warm, touching and beautifully entertaining." Jackie MasonWith unfailing warmth and humor Cissie Blumberg brings to life the struggles and achievements of two generations of Catskill Mountain hotelkeepers whose devotion to pleasing their city guests became legendary. Her book affords a chance to relive the region's heyday and to look behind the scenes at what made Sullivan and Ulster Counties the nation's largest, most bustling resort area with over 500 hotels and countless bungalow colonies and camps. Esterita Blumberg is a second-generation hotelkeeper and newspaper columnist who lectures widely on the Catskill experience. 293 pages, illus., 6 x 9, paper $19.50 0-935796-80-0
_____THE UNBROKEN THREAD A History of Quiltmaking in the Catskills
Steve Hoare. The first full history of the art of quiltmaking in the five counties of the Catskills: Greene, Sullivan, Ulster, Delaware and Schoharie. With over 60 photographs, and profiles of all 46 inductees of the Catskill Mountain Quilters Hall of Fame. - ISBN 1-883789-07-9 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 - 244 pages - Photos - Paper $21.95
_____REMARKABLE HOWE CAVERNS STORY
Cudmore, Dana. A history of the exploration and development of the famous Catskill attraction--one of our greatest caves. 192pp H $14.95
_____THE SCENERY OF THE CATSKILLS
Beach, Charles - editor. A collection of the writings of Irving, Cole, Bryant, Cooper et al by the owner of the famous Catskill Mt House. oversized 50pp P $8.95
_____SUMMERING IN THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
Munroe, Kirk. A reprint of the 1884 tourism guide to the Catskills with almost half its pages devoted to Rail Road charts and routes, with a fold out map of the Mt. Top.64pp P $6.95
_____THROUGH A WOMAN'S EYE Pioneering Photographers in Rural Upstate
Diane Galusha. Turn-of-the-century rural America as it was seen by three farmers' daughters who became pioneering photographers. These photos document country life during the late 1800's and early 1900's in upstate New York. - ISBN 1-883789-00-1 ; 8-1/2 x 11 - 200 pages - Photos Paper- $19.95
_____VAN LOAN'S 1879 CATSKILL MT. GUIDE
This artists guide includes the U&D RR, the Overlook AND Catskill Mt. Houses and all the sights and summer resorts in the ultimate nostalgia tour of the Catskills. 3 fold-out maps, plus ads and engravings. 88pp P $11.95
Hall, Edward Belongs next to "Last of the Handmade Dams", this is the 300 year history of NYC's water resources culminating in the construction of the Catskill Aqueduct and the Ashokan Reservoir. As important now as in 1917. 124pp P $12.50
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