hudson river valley (n.y. and n.j.)

"Maud is a talented garden historian and devoted mother to daughters Ella and Louise. Motivated to reinvigorate her career and escape her troubled marriage, she accepts a summer job restoring the garden of a lush, nineteenth-century Hudson Valley estate. While waiting for her daughters to join her at the end of their school year, Maud meets coworker and archaelogist Gabriel Crews, whose passion for landscape history matches her own. When their immediate and intense friendship ignites, it sets in motion a seismic shock that will profoundly change Maud's life, as well as the lives of everyone she cares about"--Back cover.

A violent incident prompts New York City lawyer Daniel Emerson to retreat to the small community of his childhood where he sets up housekeeping with his girlfriend Kate and her daughter Ruby, but he places his relationships, his career, and his reputation on the line when he begins an affair with African-American graduate student Iris Davenport.

Provides details about the history of the Mahican Indians and discusses their family structure, government, customs, rituals, contact with Europeans, and reservations.

Biography of Henry Hudson, English mariner who explored the Hudson River and Bay, discussing his early life before the voyages, his time in the Arctic, his voyage down the East Coast of North America into present-day New York, and his exploration of Canada's Hudson Bay.

Looks at the life of the sixteenth-century English mariner Henry Hudson, whose search for the Northwest Passage motivated his extensive explorations on the East Coast of North America.

"Henry Hudson spent years searching for the Northwest Passage. Though he never found it, he became the first European to sail up the Hudson River, which bears his name ... [This book provides] primary sources from Hudson's time to [help readers] learn about his journeys"--Provided by publisher.

Biography of Henry Hudson, English mariner who explored the Hudson River and Bay, discussing his early life before the voyages, his time in the Arctic, his voyage down the East Coast of North America into present-day New York, and his exploration of Canada's Hudson Bay.

"Explore[s] the life of Henry Hudson ... In the early 1600s, England was amid the many countries in search of a northern passage to trade with the Far East. After many explorers failed, Henry Hudson was asked to try. Follow along the brave journey of Hudson and learn the importance of his voyage through the Northwest Passage"--Provided by publisher.