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Brox, Jane 1956- Family Family farms Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) Farm life Merrimack River Valley (N.H. and Mass.) Ghost stories Horror tales Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) History Kenton, Simon 1755-1836 New York (N.Y.) Biography Shawnee Chief Tecumseh 1768-1813 United States Hudson River ValleyDearen, Patrick.
Summary: "This chase novel, set in 1886 along the driest stretch of any trail in the West, takes the reader deep inside four troubled characters on a collision course for Horsehead Crossing on the Pecos, a Texas river synonymous with hell"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DEAOstrom, Melissa
Summary: In 1807, Harriet Winter leaves her family's New Hampshire farm with her brother to settle in the Genesee Valley to avoid being pushed into marriage with her neighbor, Daniel Long.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSTLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASDuLong, Jessica.
Summary: DuLong brings her two worlds vibrantly to life in this memoir that evokes the vitality of New York City's bygone working waterfront and the Hudson River, a birthplace of American industry. Blending four centuries of Hudson River history with unforgettable present-day characters and events, DuLong offers a porthole-view narrative of the river and its social tapestry as a microcosm of...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.47 DULDuLong, Jessica.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2009
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD 917.47 DULSummary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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6 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.3 AME 1Call number: 917.3 AME 2
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Barron, Laird
Summary: Ex-mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly simple murder investigation leads him to the most terrifying enemy he has ever faced When a small-time criminal named Harold Lee turns up in the Ashokan reservoir--sans a heartbeat, head, or hands--the local Mafia capo hires Isaiah Coleridge to look into the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnams' Sons 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Barron 2019Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M BARGarrison, James B.
Contents: With history as a guide. Stenton -- Pennsbury Manor -- House in Pennsylvania -- Great Valley Mill (Richard Haughton House) -- Buena Vista (Governor C. Douglas Buck House) -- Green Bank (A. Thornton Baker Jr. House) -- Edward Browning residence -- St. Peter's Church in the Great Valley -- Originality : the early colonial revival. Burnswark (Dr. R.B. Okie, Sr. House) -- Longvue (Percy Wilson Jr....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 720 GARIrving, Washington
Summary: Collection of four stories of strange and unexplainable circumstances. A headless horseman haunts Sleep Hollow. At least that's the legend in the tiny village of Tarrytown. But scary stories won't stop the town's new schoolmaster, Ichabod Crane, from crossing through the Hollow, especially when the beautiful Katrina lives on the other side. Will Ichabod win over his beloved or discover that the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION IRVBenjamin, Vernon
Summary: A history of the Hudson River Valley, which, because of its unique geography and proximity to Canada, was the site of many battles, chronicles its discovery all the way to its rise as a center of culture and commerce that is still evident today.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974 BENAdams, Noah.
Summary: The author journeys back to the America of his ancestors as he follows the New River into the heart of modern-day Appalachia on a 330-mile odyssey on foot, by mountain bike, by canoe, and by whitewater raft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.47 AdaBrox, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.272 BROMillard, Candice
Summary: "For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the nineteenth century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe--and extend their colonial empires. Two British men--Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke--were sent by the Royal...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Random House Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 916.204 MILAtkinson, Jay
Summary: Early on March 15, 1697, a band of Abenaki warriors in service to the French raided the English frontier village of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Striking swiftly, the Abenaki killed twenty-seven men, women, and children, and took thirteen captives, including thirty-nine-year-old Hannah Duston and her week-old daughter, Martha. A short distance from the village, one of the warriors murdered the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LP, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 ATKSummary: Inside Wildsam Hudson Valley, you'll find Upstate stories from prize-winning writers, past and present; a detailed road trip plan and profiles of 10 idyllic towns; interviews with artists, preservationists, brewers and hardware store owners; delightful miscellany from the archives, selective recommendations about authentic Catskills experiences and a deep dive into the world of art history and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.473 HUDSON VALLEY WILBowman, Fred Q.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1997
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.3747 BowmaBrouwer, Sigmund
Summary: "In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Kevin makes a startling discovery that he hides from his abusive foster parents."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orca Book Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BROMillard, Candice.
Summary: The true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing 1914 exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth, a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. After his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.1 MilCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival MillardBrox, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: North Point Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.4 BROCarlo, Paula Wheeler.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sussex Academic Press 2014
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3747 CarloWard, Logan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.59 WARBrox, Jane
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 974.272 BROEckert, Allan W.
Summary: Recreates events which actually occurred in the opening up of the Northwest Territory in the period 1700 to 1900 based on written documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jesse Stuart Foundation 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 ECKWard, Logan.
Contents: Goodbye, New York -- Old year's eve -- Expedition to nowhere -- How I learn to drive -- Waiting for rain -- Picking, cleaning, shelling, shucking -- News from the future -- Under fire -- Home for the holidays -- Winter -- Breeding season -- Back to the future.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Dell 2009