The Catskills
Subtitle: Its History and How It Changed America
By: Stephen M. Silverman, Raphael D. Silver
Contributors: Silver, Raphael D., author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780307272157; 9781101875889
Subjects: Social life and customs; History
First sentence: As best as can be determined, the first book ever published about the Catskills was a slim volume devoted entirely to a 1753 expedition into researching the plant life of upstate New York, although valuable light was also shed on these early explorers' accommodations: "7 or 8 of us ... in ye hut hardly big enough for A hen roost."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-430) and index.
Table of contents: title: The dawn; title: Driving dreams; title: Capturing the light; title: Rich man's playing ground; title: Last stand; title: A call to arms; title: Boys to men; title: Water and power; title: Iron-horse race; title: The outsiders; title: Planting the seeds; title: Above the law; title: All that glitters; title: Utopia's outposts; title: A new leaf; title: Harbingers.