© Columbia University Press
The Hudson: America's River
Paper, 392 pages, 80 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13641-9
$29.95
/ £17.95
April, 2008
Cloth, 392 pages, 80 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13640-2
$74.50
/ £44.00
"People who love the Hudson will love this book." —
Publishers Weekly
"A
story of interaction between people and the environment and a story of continuing inspiration and
renewal. All libraries will be enriched by this volume." — Library
Journal
"A commanding and inspiring
biography of a river . . . The story of the Hudson River is nothing less than the story of
nature's resiliency and civilization's evolution." —
Booklist
"Dunwell’s
clear, fast-moving prose conveys a wealth of information to form a commanding and inspiring
biography of a river." — Booklist (starred
review)
"Frances Dunwell carves out a
new approach to the crowded field of Hudson River texts by inviting readers to explore the
connection between actions and attitudes, values and policies, and vision and innovation. The
result is a book that looks at both the unintended consequences and the remarkable
transformations of an iconic river." — Roger Panetta, Fordham University
"Frances F. Dunwell weaves the history of this important river and
its valley into the larger thread of American development in the seventeenth through twentieth
centuries. This is a prodigious work that draws on several academic disciplines and reveals a
rich level of research. Although much has been written about the subject over the years,
Dunwell’s work is original and makes the compelling case the majestic Hudson is not only a
tremendous natural force, but also a powerful engine of social and cultural change."
— Thomas S. Wermuth, Hudson River Valley Institute, Marist College
"The Hudson is an extraordinary
book, rich in the ecology, history, and enterprise of the Hudson River and its surrounding lands.
Frances F. Dunwell eloquently elucidates the deeply interwoven interdependence of human and
natural ecologies. Only if we learn to see our bioregions as Dunwell sees the Hudson, will we be
able to save them." — Jonathan Rose, founder of the Garrison Institute
"The waterway that keeps his name alive was a big disappointment to
Henry Hudson, who was looking for a shortcut to the Orient. It became the gateway to a vast
continent and through it came the people, the commerce, and the ideas that formed America. One of
the most powerful of these ideas is that man could live within and alongside nature without
destroying it. Frances F. Dunwell's affectionate portrait of the river and the heroic story of
its reclamation is cause for celebration and confidence that there's much more history to come."
— Kent Barwick, president of the Municipal Art Society and director of the
Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
"I have long admired the
results achieved by Frances F. Dunwell, especially those focused on our mutual devotion to the
Hudson River. All of that admiration and gratitude has now escalated once again, and amazingly
so, with the completion of her wonderful book, The Hudson: America's
River. Anyone interested in the ecological, cultural, political, and social
evolution of America should read this book." — Maurice D. Hinchey, Member of
Congress, and author of Hudson Valley Greenway and the
Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area
Legislation
"This marvelous book not
only has the up-to-date news of the Hudson clean-up campaign, but has details I never knew, of
Hudson history through the centuries, the millennia. Most important, it tells us what the
Hudson's future will be, depending on what we citizens do." — Pete Seeger