The Historic Hudson River Towns Bookstore

Welcome to the Historic Hudson River Towns Bookstore! We're teaming up with the world's largest bookstore, Amazon.com, to provide you with a large selection of titles about the Hudson River and Hudson Valley. Hotlinks from each title will go directly to Amazon.com for handling. Books can even be giftwrapped and delivered with a note for a fellow river lover! Most books are sold at a 20 to 30 percent discount from the publisher's price, and all are sold with the Amazon.com money-back guarantee. Payment may be handled by credit card and books are all shipped priority mail.

Bookstore Sections

• River History
• River Life
• Recreation
• Literature
• Art
• Environment
• Foods
• Homes and Gardens
• Regional Guides
• Miscellaneous

River History

• Chaining the Hudson: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution By Lincoln Diamant. Paperback. Published 1994.
• The Lost Treasure of Captain Kidd By Peter Lourie; Michael Chandler illustrator. Paperback. Published 1996.
• The Sloops of the Hudson River By Paul E. Fontenoy. Paperback. Published 1994.
• To Poughkeepsie and Back: The Story of the Poughkeepsie-Highland Ferry By Glendon L. Moffett. Paperback. Published 1994.
• Long Hammering: Essays on the Forging of an African American Presence in the Hudson River Valley to the Early Twentieth Century. By Albert James Williams-Myers. Paperback. Published 1994.
• Long Hammering: Essays on the Forging of an African American Presence in the Hudson River Valley to the Early Twentieth Century. By Albert James Williams-Myers. Hardcover. Published 1994.
• Chronicles of the Hudson: Three Centuries of Travel and Adventure By Roland Van Zandt. Published 1992.
• Dutch Village Communities on the Hudson River By Irving Elting. Hard to find.

River Life

• The Hudson: America's River by Frances F. Dunwell. Paperback. Published 2008.
• Hudson River Highlands by Frances F. Dunwell, Paperback. Published 1991.
• The Hudson River Guidebook By Arthur G. Adams. Paperback. Published 1996.
• The Hudson River Guidebook By Arthur G. Adams. Hardcover. Published 1996.
• The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River By Stephen P. Stanne, et al. Paperback. Published 1996.
• The Hudson: An Illustrated Guide to the Living River By Stephen P. Stanne, et al. Hardcover. Published 1996.
• Life Along the Hudson By Allan Keller. Paperback. Published 1997.
• The Hudson By Carl Carmer. Illustrated by Edward J. McLaughlin. Paperback. Published 1993.
• The Hudson River: From Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan By Jake Rajs, et al. Hardcover. Published 1996.
• Appalachian Waters: The Hudson River and its Tributaries, Vol 2 By Walter F. Burmeister. Paperback. Published 1974.
• Life Along the Hudson By Allan Keller. Hardcover. Published 1997.
• Lighthouses and Legends of the Hudson River By Ruth R. Glunt. Hardcover. Published 1975.

Recreation

• Fifty Hikes in the Hudson Valley From the Catskills to the Taconic, and from the Ramapos to the Helderbergs. By Peter Kick. Paperback. Published 1994.
• Best Hikes with Children in the Catskills By Cynthia C. Lewis, Thomas J. Lewis. Paperback. Published 1992.
• 25 Mountain Bike Tours in the Hudson Valley By Peter Kick. Paperback. Published 1996.
• 25 Bicycle Tours in the Hudson Valley Scenic rides from Saratoga to Northern Westchester County. By Howard Stone. Paperback. Published 1996.
• Hudson River: An Adventure from the Mountains to the Sea By Peter Lourie. 48 pages. Published 1992.
• Hudson Valley Tales and Trails By Patricia Edwards Clyne. Hardcover. Published 1990.
• River of Mountains: A Canoe Journey Down the Hudson By Peter Lourie. Hardcover. Published 1995.
• The Adirondack Mountain Club Canoe Guide to the Mid-Hudson and New York's Delaware Watershed. Paperback. Published October 1997.
• Fifty Hikes in the Hudson Valley Paperback. Published 1994.

Literature

• Legend of Sleepy Hollow By Washington Irving. Library binding. Published 1990.
• The Forgotten Legend of Sleepy Hollow By E.R. Welles. Paperback. Published 1984.
• North Country: An anthology of Contemporary Writing from the Adirondacks and the Upper Hudson Valley By Joseph Bruchac, et al. Paperback. Published 1986.
• A Passage Through the Land of Sleepy Hollow: Story and photographs By Lynn Hyman Butler. Paperback. Published 1988.
• Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow By Washington Irving. Hardcover. Published 1980.
• Along the Hudson with Washington Irving By Wallace Bruce.

Art

• Hudson River School - American Art Series By Louise Minks. Hardcover. Published 1990.
• The Hudson River School: American Landscape Artists By Bert D. Yaeger. Hardcover. Published 1996.
• Thomas Cole By Earl A. Powell. Hardcover. Published 1990.
• All That is Glorious Around Us: Paintings of the Hudson River School By John Paul Driscoll. Hardcover. Published 1997.
• Hudson River Drawings By Richard McDaniel, Frances F. Dunwell. Paperback. Published 1994.
• The Hudson River School: An annotated bibliography Mark White Sullivan. Hardcover. Published 1991.
• American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School Published 1987. Hard to find.
• American Wilderness: The Hudson River School of Painting By Barbara Babcock. Published 1978.
• Charmed places: Hudson River Artists and their Houses, Studios, and Vistas By Sandra Phillips, Linda Weintraub. Published 1988. Hard to find.

Environment

• The Riverkeepers; Two activists Fight to Reclaim our Environment as a Basic Human Right By John Cronin, Robert Kennedy Jr. Hardcover. Published 1997.
• Science Law and Hudson River Power Plants: A Case Study in Environmental Impact Assessment By L.W. Barnthouse, R.J. Klauda. Paperback. Published 1988.
• Tracing a River's Toxic Pollution: A Case Study of the Hudson By Steven O. Rohmann, et al. Paperback. Published 1985.
• Estuarine Research in the 1980's. Hudson River Environmental Society, Seventh Symposium on Hudson River Ecology C. Lavett Smith, editor. Paperback. Published 1992.
• Fisheries Research in the Hudson River By C. Lavett Smith. Hardcover. Published 1988.
• Fisheries Research in the Hudson River By C. Lavett Smith. Paperback. Published 1987.
• The Hudson River Ecosystem Hardcover. Published 1986.
• The Hudson River Ecosystem - Springer series on environmental management By Karin E. Limburg, et al. Hardcover. Published 1986.

Foods

• Hudson Valley Bounty. A guide to farms, fine foods, and open-air markets. By Jan Greenberg. Paperback. Published 1996.
• Foods of the Hudson A seasonal sampling of the region's bounty. By Peter G. Rose. Hardcover. Published 1993.
• The Hudson River Valley Cookbook A leading American chef savors the region's bounty. By Waldy Malouf, Molly Finn. Hardcover. Published 1995.

Homes and Gardens

• Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley By Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. Paperback. Published 1990.
• Gardens of the Hudson River Valley. An illustrated guide. By Ogden Tanner; Ted Spiegel photographer. Paperback. Published 1996.
• Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley By Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard. Paperback. Published 1990. Our price $11.96. You save $2.99.
• Dutch Houses in the Hudson Valley Before 1776 By Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Published 1965.
• Phantoms of the Hudson Valley: The Glorious Estates of a Lost Era By Monica Randall. Hardcover. Published 1997.
• Hudson Heritage: An Artist's Perspective on Architecture By Karl B. Smith. Paperback. Published 1989.

Regional Guides

• Heart of the Hudson Travel Discovery Kit By Thomas M. Vincent, Barrett Clark, Michael S. Vincent. Paperback and cassette for driving tour. Published 1999.
• The Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide By Joanne Michaels, Mary-Margaret Barile. Paperback. Published 1996.
• Let's Take the Kids! Great places to go with children in New York's Hudson Valley, including the Catskills, Adirondacks and Lake George. By Mary Barile, et al. Paperback. Published 1997.
• The Traveler's Guide to the Hudson River Valley: From Saratoga Springs to New York City By Tim Mulligan. Paperback.
• The Hudson River Valley: A History and Guide 1992-93 Tim Mulligan; Stan Skardinsky illustrator. Paperback. Published 1991.
• The Hudson River Valley Paperback. Published 1991.
• My Times in the Hudson Valley: The Insider's Guide to Historic Homes, Scenic Drives, Restaurants, Museums, Fresh Farm Produce and Points of Interest By Harold Faber. Hardcover.
• Ride Guide; Hudson Valley, New Paltz to Staten Island By Daniel Goldfischer. Paperback. Published 1997.

Miscellaneous

• American Sublime: Landscape and Scenery of the Lower Hudson Valley By Raymond J. O'Brien. Hardcover. Published 1981.
• The Hudson River Valley - New York Geographic Series, No. 2 By William G. Scheller. Paperback.
• Hudson Valley: A Picture Book to Remember Her By Hardcover. Published 1986.
• The Mid-Hudson Valley: A Pictorial History By Robert Paul Molay. Hardcover. Published 1987.