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The Hudson River Highlands

Discusses the area's folklore and history, its portrayal in art, the role of West Point as a gateway to America, and the creation of Bear Mountain Park.
Print Book, English, ©1991
Columbia University Press, New York, ©1991
xviii, 264 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm
9780231070430, 9780231070423, 0231070438, 023107042X
22909223
World's end
General Washington's stronghold
West Point: first stop on the American tour
Landscape and dreamscape: Hudson River painters and knickerbocker writers
The foundry at Cold Spring
Mountain spa
The landscape garden: the landscapes and architecture of A.J. Downing
Millionaire's Row
The great outdoors: Bear Mountain Park, conservation, and social welfare
Highways, bridges, and tunnels
Dynamite, depression, and design with nature
Storm king
The power of place