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Publisher
Cragsmoor Free Library & Cragsmoor Contemporary Arts
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
LeGrand Botsford was the first photographer in Cragsmoor, New York. 137 glass negatives from 1904-1914 were given to by Jake VanKleeck to the library. These were scanned and printed by Beat Keerl.
14) Where slavery died hard: the forgotten history of Ulser County and the Shawangunk Mountain region
Publisher
Cragsmoor Historical Society
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
"This documentary video grows out of one community's efforts to reconsider its history and the history of the region that surrounds it. Taking as its subject the history of enslavement in Ulster County's rural hinterlands, the Cragsmoor Historical Society has produced the video as step towards fashioning a more inclusive narrative about the region's past. This new narrative acknowledges that for more than 150 years the region was the home of enslaved...
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Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Eliza Pratt Greatorex (1819-1897) was America's most famous woman artist in the mid-nineteenth century, but today she is all but forgotten. Beginning with her Irish roots, this biography brings her art and life back into focus. Unusually for a woman, she specialized in landscape and streetscapes, traveling from the Hudson River to the Colorado Rockies and across Europe and North Africa. Her magnum opus-graphics of Old New York- awakened the public...
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English
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When Jack Kells kidnaps the beautiful Joan Randle, he takes her to an isolated canyon where his legion are plotting to acquire a gold fortune. The woman becomes an unexpected accomplice to an intricate robbery. Jack Kells is the cold-hearted leader of a group of mountain bandits. Despite his rough exterior, he develops a soft spot for their latest victim-Miss Joan Randle. She was captured by the men and taken to their hideout where she encounters...
18) Roads of destiny
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English
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Roads of Destiny (1909) is a collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry. Inspired by his experiences as a fugitive and in prison, these stories address themes of crime, poverty, and fate. "A Retrieved Reformation," perhaps the most notable of the collection's twenty-two stories, is semi-autobiographical in that it explores the life of a criminal and fugitive who maintains a moral identity while struggling to adjust to life outside of...
19) Martin Eden
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English
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Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American writer Jack London. The book follows the tradition of the Künstlerroman, a narrative that traces the life and development of an artist, to tell the story of a young man not unlike London himself. Part fiction, part autobiography, Martin Eden examines the consequences of dreams and achievements, successes and failures, for a young artist struggling with fame. The novel is heavily influenced by London's socialist...
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Language
English
Description
"The Call of the Canyon" is a novel by American author Zane Grey, first published in 1924. Set in 1920s New York, it is the story of a veteran returning from war who is nursed back to health by a compassionate girl from Arizona. A powerful tale of Western romance, "The Call of the Canyon" would make for a worthy addition to any collection and is not to be missed by fans of Grey's fantastic work.