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Garden's Grace: Down-To-Earth Lessons and Simple Rewards. By Nancy Hutchens,
Richard Lang Chandler (Illustrator). Paperback, 192 pp. Published 1997. ISBN:
0671568493
The author of Memories
of a Midwestern Farm offers a unique nostalgic and spiritual look at gardening. With
family anecdotes, recipes, and folklore, this beautifully illustrated memoir is as
heartwarming and inspiring as it is practical. Line illustrations throughout.
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Historic Houses of the Hudson Valley. By Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Cortlandt
Van Dyke Hubbard. Paperback, 207 pp. Published 1990. ISBN: 0486263045
Reprint of this 1942
classic. Over 200 B&W photos with histories and descriptions of 123 buildings on both
sides of the river. Full index and maps.
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Gardens of the Hudson River Valley: An illustrated guide. By Ogden Tanner; Ted
Spiegel photographer. Paperback. Published 1996. ISBN: 0810926431
This book is the first
practical guide to the historic and famous sites of New York's Hudson River Valley for
travelers and garden lovers alike.
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More Haunted Hudson Valley by Linda Zimmermann. Paperback - 62 pages
(September 2000)
Spirited Books; ISBN: 0964513382
This is
the author's third book in a series of true ghost stories from the Hudson Valley of New
York. Author Linda Zimmermann has traveled extensively in the area collecting and
researching stories of hauntings in private homes, cemeteries, restaurants, businesses and
historic sites. More Haunted Hudson Valley contains a dozen new stories, from the man who
wakes up to find a corpse in his bed, to an evil presence that drives a family from their
home, to a stately mansion where the ghost of a president can be seen. Linda Zimermann's
investigations involve a combination of interviews with eyewitnesses, historical research
and scientific instruments, and her findings are woven into stories that captivate readers
of all ages.
About the Author -- Linda Zimmermann is a former
research chemist turned author and lecturer. She has written several books and articles on
history, and has lectured on American history at the Smithsonian Institution, on the Civil
War at the Gettysburg Heritage Days and on military history at West Point. Ms. Zimmermann
also writes and lectures about astronomy and the history of science and space travel, and
has two science fiction novels that will be published in year 2001.
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Phantoms
of the Hudson Valley: The Glorious Estates of a Lost Era. By Monica Randall.
Hardcover. Published 1997. ISBN: 0879516178
A stunning and haunted
architectural tour of the fabulous, faded mansions along the Hudson River. Randall's
evocative, sepia-tinted photographs capture the architectural splendor of 26 palatial
estates many of them truly castles which loom as mysterious ruins along the Hudson River.
These stately mansions, many of them among the most historically significant in the
country, recall the aristocratic luxury of a bygone era, with their turrets and spires,
rambling porticos, gleaming columns, glaring gargoyles, and, inside, vaulted ceilings,
spacious ballrooms, huge libraries that reflect the river elite's obsession for books, and
endless personal touches that are the indulgences of the wealthy Bannerman's Castle, a
once-magnificent Scottish styled fortress, now abandoned for half a century, is perhaps
the most breathtaking sight on the river; the abandoned Victorian villa Wyndcliff is a
savage display of ruin and decay these and all the rest hold their secrets in deserted
attics, hidden passageways and gazebos overgrown with weeds and vines. Through her
masterful photography and darkroom work, Randall also recreates some of the restless
phantoms she learned about while interviewing the current owners. Pairing the visual
spectacle of these ruined mansions of the Hudson with the tales of phantoms that haunt
them, Monica Randall celebrates the glamour and mystery of these glorious old estates in
this lavish book.
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