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Book Out doors at Idlewild

Download or read book Out doors at Idlewild written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out doors at Idlewild

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  • Author : Nathaniel Parker Willis
  • Publisher : Scholarly Pub Office Univ of
  • Release : 2006-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781425558857
  • Pages : 532 pages

Download or read book Out doors at Idlewild written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by Scholarly Pub Office Univ of. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out doors at Idlewild

Download or read book Out doors at Idlewild written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out Doors at Idlewild

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  • Author : N P Willis
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2019-07-05
  • ISBN : 9781318575718
  • Pages : 536 pages

Download or read book Out Doors at Idlewild written by N P Willis and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-05 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Book Out Doors at Idlewild  or  The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

Download or read book Out Doors at Idlewild or The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1850s and '60s, by far the most prominent author in all of New York State was the writer, editor, and publisher Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806–1867). Nearly as prominent as Willis himself was his Hudson Valley estate, Idlewild, where literary elites gathered and about which Willis himself wrote and published extensively. In 1846, Willis founded the Home Journal, which would go on to become Town and Country. In Out-Doors at Idlewild, first published in 1855, Willis chronicled the creation of his estate at Cornwall-on-Hudson (near West Point), as well as life amid its countryside. The land afforded brilliant views of the river and the mountains to the East. Calvert Vaux, the famed architect of both landscapes and houses, designed the elaborate and ornate Gothic Revival home, which Willis named Idlewood (whereas he called the estate Idlewild), and into which the Willis family moved in July of 1853. Here, Willis wrote a series of papers for the Home Journal documenting life at the seventy-acre estate. These papers were gathered together in Out-Doors at Idlewild, a celebration of Willis's home and estate.

Book Out Doors at Idlewild

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  • Author : N P Willis
  • Publisher : Palala Press
  • Release : 2016-05-18
  • ISBN : 9781357152567
  • Pages : 522 pages

Download or read book Out Doors at Idlewild written by N P Willis and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Out doors at Idlewild  Or  the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

Download or read book Out doors at Idlewild Or the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson written by Nathaniel Parker WILLIS and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out Doors at Idlewild  Or the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson  Classic Reprint

Download or read book Out Doors at Idlewild Or the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson Classic Reprint written by N. P. Willis and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Out-Doors at Idlewild, or the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson Country Boarding-houses - Luxury of Rural Remoteness - Viewless Peopling of a Spot - Wallace the Composer, and his Tribute to Alexander Smith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Out doors at Idlewild  Or  The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

Download or read book Out doors at Idlewild Or The Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson written by Nathaniel Parker Willis and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir, Nathaniel Parker Willis recounts his experiences building and decorating a home in the Hudson River Valley in the mid-19th century. From his travels in Europe to his encounters with famous writers and artists, Willis's anecdotes provide a vivid and entertaining portrait of the cultural life of the time. A classic work of American literature, and a delightful read for fans of travel writing and home design. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book OUT DOORS AT IDLEWILD OR THE S

Download or read book OUT DOORS AT IDLEWILD OR THE S written by Nathaniel Parker 1806-1867 Willis and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Out Doors at Idlewild  Or  the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson

Download or read book Out Doors at Idlewild Or the Shaping of a Home on the Banks of the Hudson written by Nathaniel Parker 1806-1867 Willis and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Idlewild  History and Memories of Pennsylvania s Oldest Amusement Park

Download or read book Idlewild History and Memories of Pennsylvania s Oldest Amusement Park written by Jennifer Sopko and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idlewild and SoakZone has charmed people across Western Pennsylvania and beyond since the late 1800s. The park was developed by Pittsburgh's Mellon family as a picnic grove to boost traffic on the Ligonier Valley Rail Road. When C.C. Macdonald took the helm in 1931, rides, entertainment and other attractions came to Idlewild over the next half century, along with the adjacent Story Book Forest. After joining the Kennywood family of amusement parks, Idlewild added a Wild West town, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood of Make-Believe and a water slide complex. Author Jennifer Sopko tells the heartwarming history of a Pennsylvania amusement park that continues to delight generations of families.

Book Sanctified Landscape

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  • Author : David Schuyler
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2012-04-06
  • ISBN : 0801464706
  • Pages : 229 pages

Download or read book Sanctified Landscape written by David Schuyler and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-06 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River Valley was the first iconic American landscape. Beginning as early as the 1820s, artists and writers found new ways of thinking about the human relationship with the natural world along the Hudson. Here, amid the most dramatic river and mountain scenery in the eastern United States, Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper created a distinctly American literature, grounded in folklore and history, that contributed to the emergence of a sense of place in the valley. Painters, led by Thomas Cole, founded the Hudson River School, widely recognized as the first truly national style of art. As the century advanced and as landscape and history became increasingly intertwined in the national consciousness, an aesthetic identity took shape in the region through literature, art, memory, and folklore—even gardens and domestic architecture. In Sanctified Landscape, David Schuyler recounts this story of America's idealization of the Hudson Valley during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Schuyler's story unfolds during a time of great change in American history. At the very moment when artists and writers were exploring the aesthetic potential of the Hudson Valley, the transportation revolution and the rise of industrial capitalism were transforming the region. The first generation of American tourists traveled from New York City to Cozzens Hotel and the Catskill Mountain House in search of the picturesque. Those who could afford to live some distance from jobs in the city built suburban homes or country estates. Given these momentous changes, it is not surprising that historic preservation emerged in the Hudson Valley: the first building in the United States preserved for its historic significance is Washington's Headquarters in Newburgh. Schuyler also finds the seeds of the modern environmental movement in the transformation of the Hudson Valley landscape.Richly illustrated and compellingly written, Sanctified Landscape makes for rewarding reading. Schuyler expertly ties local history to national developments, revealing why the Hudson River Valley was so important to nineteenth-century Americans—and why it is still beloved today.

Book Idlewild

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  • Author : Nick Sagan
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2008-01-02
  • ISBN : 1101643277
  • Pages : 264 pages

Download or read book Idlewild written by Nick Sagan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-01-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “GRIPPING . . . the kind of book you simply don’t want to stop reading.”—Neil Gaiman He calls himself Halloween. He is a unique student attending a most prestigious boarding school—the Idlewild Immersive Virtual Reality Academy. While his body sleeps, his mind interacts with those of his fellow students under the tutelage of the enigmatic artificial intelligence known as Maestro. An inexplicable energy surge has damaged the IVR and fragmented Halloween’s mind. Convinced this anomaly was deliberately triggered to kill him, Halloween is desperate to recover his memories—only to discover a devastating revelation about his true existence. “Idlewild builds, not just in tension but in what it demands from the reader, ending up as a dark exploration of hidden realities.”—The Guardian “Sagan provides plenty of suspense and perfectly captures the angry adolescent solipsism that makes kids into hackers and superheroes.”—Entertainment Weekly

Book The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers

Download or read book The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers written by Jean Fagan Yellin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although millions of African American women were held in bondage over the 250 years that slavery was legal in the United States, Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) is the only one known to have left papers testifying to her life. Her autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, holds a central place in the canon of American literature as the most important slave narrative by an African American woman. Born in Edenton, North Carolina, Jacobs escaped from her owner in her mid-twenties and hid in the cramped attic crawlspace of her grandmother's house for seven years before making her way north as a fugitive slave. In Rochester, New York, she became an active abolitionist, working with all of the major abolitionists, feminists, and literary figures of her day, including Frederick Douglass, Lydia Maria Child, Amy Post, William Lloyd Garrison, Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Fanny Fern, William C. Nell, Charlotte Forten Grimke, and Nathan Parker Willis. Jean Fagan Yellin has devoted much of her professional life to illuminating the remarkable life of Harriet Jacobs. Over three decades of painstaking research, Yellin has discovered more than 900 primary source documents, approximately 300 of which are now collected in two volumes. These letters and papers written by, for, and about Jacobs and her activist brother and daughter provide for the thousands of readers of Incidents--from scholars to schoolchildren--access to the rich historical context of Jacobs's struggles against slavery, racism, and sexism beyond what she reveals in her pseudonymous narrative. Accompanied by a CD containing a searchable PDF file of the entire contents, this collection is a crucial launching point for future scholarship on Jacobs's life and times.

Book Idlewild

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  • Author : Ronald Jemal Stephens
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 9780738518909
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book Idlewild written by Ronald Jemal Stephens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once considered the most famous African-American resort community in the country, Idlewild was referred to as the Black Eden of Michigan in the 1920s and '30s, and as the Summer Apollo of Michigan in the 1950s and '60s. Showcasing classy revues and interactive performances of some of the leading black entertainers of the period, Idlewild was an oasis in the shadows of legal segregation. Idlewild: Black Eden of Michigan focuses on this illustrative history, as well as the decline and the community's contemporary renaissance, in over 200 rare photographs. The lively legacy of Lela G. and Herman O. Wilson, and Paradise Path is included, featuring images of the Paradise Club and Wilson's Grocery. Idlewild continued its role as a distinctive American resort throughout the 1950s, with photographs ranging from Phil Giles' Flamingo Club and Arthur Braggs's Idlewild Revue.

Book Upstate Literature

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  • Author : Frank Bergmann
  • Publisher : Syracuse University Press
  • Release : 1985-05-01
  • ISBN : 9780815623311
  • Pages : 244 pages

Download or read book Upstate Literature written by Frank Bergmann and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1985-05-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: