New York : yesterday & today
Schneider, Meg Elaine2008
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Walk the bustling streets of Manhattan and imagine the lush and solitary land that greeted New York's first settlers. Visit Ellis Island and envision the gateway to the New World teeming with immigrants. Vacation on Lake Champlain alongside the ghosts of voyageurs. New York is a state as rich in history as in modern-day wonders.
Main title:
New York : yesterday & today / Meg Schneider.
Author:
Imprint:
Minneapolis, MN : Voyageur Press, 2008.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Contents -- New York City: Capital City -- A Tale of Five Boroughs -- Gateway to America -- Neighbourhoods of New York -- Wall Street -- Times Square -- The Arts -- Greenwich Village -- Washington Irving -- Fifth Avenue -- Macy¿s Thanksgiving Day Parade -- Transportation -- Grand Central Terminal -- Union Square -- Washington Square -- Harlem -- The Cotton Club -- Central Park -- Coney Island -- Long Island -- Westchester -- Bear Mountain -- Catskills -- Sleepy Hollow -- Hudson Valley -- Hudson River School of Art -- Presidential Palaces -- West Point Albany -- Saratoga Springs -- Governors of New York -- The Mohawk Valley -- Erie Canal -- Lake Champlain -- Defending Land and Sea -- Adirondacks -- Great Camps of the Adirondacks -- Saranac Lake -- Lake Placid -- Winter Sports -- St. Lawrence Seaway -- Cooperstown -- Glimmerglass Opera -- Baseball -- Football -- Basketball -- Lacrosse -- Fort Stanwix and the Battle of Oriskany -- Syracuse -- The Great New York State Fair -- Finger Lakes -- Seneca Falls -- Ithaca -- Watkins Glen -- Manufacturing and Small Industry -- Corning -- Oswego -- Rochester -- Chautauqua Lake -- The Alleghenies -- Buffalo -- Niagara Falls -- Native Americans in New York -- Religion in New York -- Hunting and Trapping -- Fishing -- Logging and Lumber -- Farming and Agriculture Orchards and Vineyards -- Railroading -- A Taste of New York -- Castles of the Empire State -- Kingston Troy -- Plattsburgh -- Little Falls -- Utica -- Rome.
ISBN:
9780760330654 (hardback)
Dewey class:
974.7
Local class:
917.471
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
83257
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 917.471 NEW | Available |