Download or read book Around Windham written by Roy Davis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1798, Windham is nestled in a mountain valley 130 miles north of New York City in the Catskill Mountains. Hemlock trees, needed for tanning leather, and farming were the economic base for the first settlers. In 1819, Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" ignited the curiosity of the public, who would be drawn to Windham's enchanting valleys and mountain peaks. Later, in the mid-19th century, the Hudson River School of painting presented the stunning beauty of the mountains through the works of world-famous artists such as Thomas Cole and Frederic Church. After the Civil War, steam-powered boats on the Hudson River transported the vacationing public in massive waves to Windham's boardinghouses, fueling an economic prosperity for well over 100 years. Following the summer tourism trade, skiing, outdoor recreation, and a burgeoning art community have become the bedrock of the town's economy. Around Windham presents a view of the area through historical images from local residents.
Download or read book Out Windham Way written by Larry Tompkins and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 400 illustrations culled from the author's remarkable collection of historic Catskill Mountain photographs, maps, and ephemera document the visual record of the Greene County villages of Windham, Prattsville, Ashland, Big Hollow (Maplecrest), Hensonville, and their outlying settlements such as East Windham, Union Society, Red Falls, Brook Lynne, and North Settlement from the 1890s through the 1940s. Settled shortly after the Revolution, these Catskill mountaintop communities began as a scattering of subsistence farms and mill towns harvesting forest resources. In the early 1800s turnpikes brought commerce and travelers, and the seeds were sown for what would become one of the premier summer vacation venues in Upstate New York. That hospitality tradition continues today as the region has become a year-round vacation destination with one of New York¿s largest and finest ski areas. Nearly forty years ago, Larry Tompkins, a seventh-generation resident of Greene County¿s Catskill mountaintop community, began collecting antique photographs, postcards and ephemera¿business cards, invoices, bills of sale, advertisements¿of the northern Catskill Mountains. Over the years that collection grew to become one of the most remarkable records of community life to be found anywhere in the Catskill Mountain region. The 400 photographs, maps, and ephemera in this book are just a sample.
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Download or read book Never a Choice written by Luann Conaty and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Luann Perhaps readers of this book still believe that homosexuality is perverted and evil. I understand all too well where people with those views are coming from. It has taken me many years to accept the idea that God accepts a union between two people of the same sex. No matter how anyone feels about this particular idea, the important thing to remember is that we must stop condemning and start loving. My journey to understanding is not over. I want to keep on growing and learning, but I hope that some of what I have learned can be helpful to others who are struggling to understand and to accept. This book includes a great deal of my spiritual philosophy because that is an important part of my story and an integral part of who I am. However, I believe that because I started with so many firmly entrenched misconceptions about homosexuality and because my religious training was so rigidly anti-gay, my journey was longer and more painful than it needs to be for many others. If someone who started out as an "Anita Bryant clone" can eventually march in a gay pride parade carrying a sign, "We love our gay kids," there's hope for anyone! From Andy As a man who grew up in a time when same-sex marriage was completely unthinkable, I find being married a wonderful (if unexpected) experience. My husband and I call each other "husband" all the time; it is our preferred term of endearment. And having had the opportunity to participate in one of the foundational rituals of love and partnership has added something in my life that I never even knew existed. I hope you have enjoyed our stories--we have enjoyed sharing them--and that you might take something with you to comfort or inspire you on your journey. I look forward to the next time our paths cross.
Download or read book Colin Campbell Lord Clyde written by Archibald Forbes and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents an accurate account of the life of Colin Campbell, mainly during his term in India. Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, was a British soldier who was commander in chief of the British forces in India. During this period, he relieved and then vacated Lucknow. After attacking and defeating Tatya Tope at the Second Battle of Cawnpore, he captured Lucknow again. Campbell was one of the most influential commanders in history. Contents include: Early Life—The Peninsula Colonial and Home Service China and India The Crimea The Indian Mutiny—Organisation—Relief of Lucknow—Defeat of Gwalior Contingent The Storming of Lucknow The Campaign in Rohilcund The Campaign in Central India The Pacification of Oude—End of the Mutiny From Simla to Westminster Abbey
Download or read book Gazetteer of Natural Drainage Areas of Streams and Water Bodies Within the State of Connecticut written by Mendall Patterson Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Black Watch written by Archibald Forbes and published by New York : Scribner's Sons. This book was released on 1910 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book American Wall Stenciling 1790 1840 written by Ann Eckert Brown and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generously illustrated survey of an important post-revolutionary American decorative art form.
Download or read book Skiing written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The William H Gass Reader written by William H. Gass and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his career, William Gass relentlessly pushed at the boundaries of language, celebrating the music of the sentence and the aesthetics of the written word. Now, the best and most important of his work is collected in one volume. There are essays on Plato, Hobbes, James, Joyce, Beckett, Stein, Gaddis, Sterne, Ford Madox Ford, Thomas Mann. There are pieces that examine the inner workings of writing. There is his masterful short fiction, from the perfectly crafted novella “In Camera” to the mythical “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country.” And there are excerpts from his novels, including his magnum opus, The Tunnel. Taken together, this collection is a peerless, essential celebration of literature—and an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to understand how great writing works.
Download or read book Snow Country written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-07 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, racing, cross-country touring, and the growing sport of snowboarding during a period of radical change. The award-winning magazine of mountain sports and living tracks the environmental impact of ski area development, and people moving to the mountains to work and live.
Download or read book Lippincott s New Gazetteer written by Angelo Heilprin and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 2078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Victoria s Scottish Lion written by Adrian Greenwood and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From humble Glasgow beginnings, Colin Campbell rose to become Scotland’s finest general and a favourite of Queen Victoria. In his fifty-year career he fought through the Peninsula, the Crimea, China and India, and still found time to contain a slave revolt, a Chartist revolution and Ireland’s Tithe War. Through a combination of personal courage, compassionate leadership and genius for military strategy he became an idol for the men who served under him. This undisputed hero, whose memory has grown faint beside celebrated warriors of the Victorian age, was a soldier ahead of his time – the first working-class field marshal, with strong humanitarian leanings and an instinct for harnessing the power of the press. In the first major biography of Campbell since 1880 his career is radically reinterpreted and the life of this very private man is revealed. 'Victoria's Scottish Lion' was shortlisted for The Society for Army Historical Research's 2015 Templar Prize.
Download or read book Lippincott s Gazetteer of the World written by Angelo Heilprin and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 2122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World written by Angelo Heilprin and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 2106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
