Regional Titles: New York State Literature
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Adirondack Explorations
Nature Writings of Verplanck Colvin
Complied and Edited by Paul Schaefer
"A compilation of some of Colvin's most descriptive writings, particularly those seminal documents which helped mold political thought and public opinion, and which contributed to the Adirondack Park and the Forest Preserve. . . . Readers will enjoy Schaefer's selection of some relatively obscure Colvin writings."
— The Conservationist
Paper $19.95 | 0-8156-0631-1
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The Art of Seeing Things
Essays by John Burroughs
Edited by Charlotte Zoë Walker
A collection of essays by noted naturalist John Burroughs in which he contemplates a wide array of topics including farming, religion, and conservation.
Cloth $49.95L | 0-8156-2880-3
Paper $24.95 | 0-8156-0678-8
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Back There Where the Past Was
A Small-Town Boyhood
Charles Champlin
"Champlin does a marvelous job of re-creating the aura of life in a small town. [He] examines small town roots without being maudlin and notes that ‘there’s a difference between examining the past and retreating into it.’ "
— San Francisco Chronicle
Paper $19.95 | 0-8156-0612-5
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The Blueline Anthology
Edited by Rick Henry, Anthony O. Tyler, Stephanie Coyne-DeGhett,
Myra Gann, Alan Steinberg, and Alice Wolf Gilborn
"This anthology does an excellent job of showing where Blueline has been. It's a lively, delightful and thought provoking read, highly recommended for fans of poetry, the Adirondacks, the outdoors and literary magazines."
— The Sunday Gazette
Paper $29.95 | 0-8156-0770-9
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Boys
Stories and a Novella
David Lloyd
"A collection of stories set in upstate New York in 1966. . . . These quiet, sometimes chilling stories remind us of childhood's unique travails and prove Lloyd to be a writer with unique insight into that world."
—Publishers Weekly
Cloth $22.95 | 0-8156-0797-0
Paper $14.95 | 0-8156-0841-1
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Dreaming of Columbus
A Boyhood in the Bronx
Michael Pearson
"Pearson's stories . . . have about them not only the cherished patina of memory but also the wry recollection that the things we remember aren't always the way things were. . . . His language is sure and supple."
— Booklist
Cloth $24.95 | 0-8156-0561-7
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The Forestport Breaks
A Nineteenth-Century Conspiracy Along the Black River Canal
Michael Doyle
"Carefully researched and nimbly written, Doyle's account of a 19th-century conspiracy to sabotage part of the Erie Canal system is a delight to read. . . . History and mystery fans will enjoy this well-told tale."
—Publishers Weekly
Cloth $24.95 | 0-8156-0772-5
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A Mountain View
A Memoir of Childhood Summers on Upper Saranac Lake
Lewis Spence
With charm and wit, the author evokes a bygone way of life, with its invidious social and racial stratification as well as lazy summer days of fishing, boating, and bonfires.
Cloth $26.95 | 0-8156-0728-8
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The River Lock
One Boy's Life along the Mohawk
Stephen Haven
A true bildungsroman, The River Lock traces the forging of Haven’s identity from the clash of his youthful home life and the streets of his native mill town. Through memories of adolescence, Haven reveals how a growing understanding of art, culture, friendship, spirituality, family, and class melded to create a man able to live fully in two distinct worlds.
Cloth $19.95 | 978-0-8156-0928-5
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Rooted in Rock
New Adirondack Writing, 1980-2000
Edited by Jim Gould
"There is a graceful and tacit balance, an understanding of the mature and dynamic relationship between our shared rights and responsibilities; and of the poignant, bittersweet realization-sometimes spoken, other times implicit-that not all resources are infinite or even renewable-wildness, or wilderness, chief among them."
— Rick Bass, author of Winter: Notes from Montana and Platte River
Cloth $29.95 | 0-8156-0701-6
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The Saratoga Reader
Writing About an American Village, 1749-1900
Field Horne
"Long before anyone had heard of Las Vegas, Miami, Aspen, or Nassau, Saratoga Springs was America's most famous, most important, and most extravagant resort community. Using travelers' accounts and other primary sources with imagination and skill, Field Horne has not only related the impressive story of this unusual New York village, but he has demonstrated how persons interested in the history of other communities can recapture their own past."
— Kenneth T. Jackson, president, New York Historical Society
Paper $29.95 | 0-9747985-0-9
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Sharp Eyes
John Burroughs and American Nature Writing
Edited by Charlotte Zoë Walker
This book is a testament to the importance of his [Burroughs's] work in modern literature. It will have special appeal to those interested in nature writing, American literature, and environmental and cultural history of New York State.
Cloth $49.95L | 0-8156-2880-3
Paper $24.95 | 0-8156-0637-0
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Shohola Falls
A Novel
Michael Pearson
"Pearson is at his best when evoking the desperation and longing of teenage love, and this appealing blend of road novel, historical novel, and coming-of-age tale makes a nice addition to the many books that wrestle with the ghost of Mark Twain."
— Booklist
Cloth $24.95 | 0-8156-0785-7
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Stone Canoe
A Journal of Arts and Ideas from Upstate New York
Stone Canoe is a new Syracuse University arts journal that showcases the work of a broad spectrum of writers and visual artists with connections to Upstate New York.
Paper $18.00 | 978-0-9791944-0-5
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Towards Polaris
A Story of the Adirondack Foothills
Mason Smith
Robert Sochia, a young man just acquitted of murder returns to his hometown not far from the Canadian border. Julia, a recently arrived music student, full of new ideas of love and sexual freedom, befriends him and helps him start a new life. When the couple abruptly leave town, several townspeople believe Robert has kidnapped Julia. This small, provincial community gathers a search party to rescue Julia. When their efforts meet with disastrous results...
Paper $24.95 | 978-0-8156-0906-3
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Syracuse University Press
