new york (state)

A New York Harbor tugboat captain and his family take the tug up the Hudson River to pick up and tow the barge carrying the enormous Christmas tree that will be displayed at Rockefeller Center.

A biography of the hot-tempered leader who, though intolerant and unpopular, brought major reforms to the colony of New Netherlands before its surrender to the British in 1664.

A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

Surveys the people, geography, and history of the Empire State.

An account of the author's 315-mile canoe trip down the Hudson River. Accompanied by color photographs and maps.

Traces the history of the Dutch colony beginning with the years it was inhabited only by Indians to the time it became the eleventh state. Includes biographical sketches on famous New Yorkers such as Hiawatha, Peter Minuit, and Captain Kidd.

Describes the geography, plants, animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, art, and people of the state of New York.

Abbie, a girl growing up in western New York in the early 1800s, would much rather read than stitch, but her fingers begin to fly when she comes up with just the right picture and words to embroider on her sampler.

An introduction to the government of New York that traces its history from pre-colonial times to the present, discussing how it was ruled by Native American tribes, the Dutch, the British, during the Revolution, and how local and state government branches are run.

Lucy Jarrett returns from Japan to her home in Lake of Dreams, New York, where she becomes caught up in solving the mystery of her father's death ten years earlier, and reignites the flame with her first love, glass artist Keegan Fall.