two activists fight to reclaim our environment as a basic human right
Cronin, John
1999
A firsthand account of the authors' efforts to win back the Hudson River from the grip of pollution, discussing the formation of Riverkeepers, the environmental organization that has helped restore the Hudson, and offering advice on how citizens can get involved in reclaiming the country's waterways.
native American prophecy & European discovery, 1609
Pritchard, Evan T.
2009
Recounts Henry Hudson's 1609 arrival at Manhattan Island from the perspectives of the Eastern Algonquins, who greeted Hudson as the fulfillment of ancient prophecies; Robert Juet, who accompanied Hudson; and Hudson himself.
When twenty-five-year-old Jenny Shimada arrives in New York's Hudson Valley, she is surprised to run into a shadowy figure from her previous life who ropes her into caring for three young fugitives smuggled out of California.
Photographic tour along the Hudson River from its source at Lake Tear of the Clouds to Manhattan, with descriptive passages and relevant writings by nineteenth and twentieth century authors.
An annotated edition of "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.," which contains more than thirty essays, sketches, and tales by nineteenth-century American writer Washington Irving, including "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.".
Two years after Chloe discovered London's dead body floating in a Hudson Valley reservoir, she returns home to be with her devoted older sister Ruby and finds that Ruby may somehow have brought London back to life.
