Colorful characters of northern New York
Subtitle: northern lights
By: Dave Shampine
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781596298217
Subjects: Social life and customs; Leadership; Community life; Celebrities; Biography; Case studies
Table of contents: title: Vaudeville's May Irwin sang praises of Thousand Islands; title: Difficulties never subdued Hard Luck Hassler; title: Henry Keep's hard journey from poorhouse to mansion; title: Ambassador to Duck Island; title: A wise leader; title: An army of Armstrongs; title: Dogged entrepreneur; title: The grandest discovery in medicine the world ever saw; title: Barney family witnessed history, and made it; title: Championship seasons under Coach Bill Graf; title: Everybody's best friend, Thomas Clarkson; title: "The Florence Nightingale of America" haled from Potsdam; title: Rhoda Fox Graves : political pioneer of northern New York; title: Huckleberry Charlie: "the Sage of Pine Plains"; title: The mad fiddler of the North Country; title: La Petite Bessie; title: Merritt Cleveland: building of canals and railroads; title: "My greatest hobby is the railroad"; title: Haddock's balloon ride becomes a fight for life.