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Upstate New York: Towns That We Love is an illustrated history of the countryside in the Upper Hudson River Valley, including six towns that played an important role in the American Revolution. It is a "travel" book that discusses the life and times of the people who live there now and who lived there in days gone by..
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Upstate South Carolina sits atop the Blue Ridge Escarpment, a geological formation known to the Cherokee people as "The Blue Wall." In this region, nearly every river, creek, or stream at some point forms a waterfall Many of them are spectacular, and most are accessible to the average hiker on a day hike. This guide includes 92 hikes ranging in length from a few hundred feet to 6 miles round-trip. Each leads to a destination like the famous Whitewater Falls or Bull Sluice, or a lesser-known cascade like Pigpen Falls or Bee Cove Falls. Each entry covers everything you need to know to get out and hike: photos, detailed driving and hiking directions, estimated hiking time, and trail difficulty, as well as waterfall class, rating, height, and more..
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Seasoned hiking author Johnny Molloy details 50 hikes of varied lengths and difficulties throughout verdant South Carolina, from the Chattooga River to the varied terrain of the Midlands, including Congaree National Park, all the way to the Lowcountry, land of beaches and forgotten swamps and designated wildernesses. Specific emphasis is placed on the most scenic destinations and unique places that make the Palmetto State special. Each hike includes a helpful information section, trail map, trailhead directions, and stunning photographs, with intriguing commentary about the human or natural history along the way. 51 maps. 50 black & white photographs, index..
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The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York is a profile of a flourishing Hindu temple in the town of Rush, New York. The temple, established by a charismatic nonbrahman Sri Lankan Tamil known as Aiya, stands out for its combination of orthodox ritual meticulousness and socioreligious iconoclasm. The vitality with which devotees participate in ritual themselves and their ready access to the deities contrasts sharply with ritual activities at most North American Hindu temples, where (following the usual Indian custom) ritual is performed only by priests and access to the highly sanctified divine images is closely guarded. Drawing on several years of fieldwork, Dempsey weaves traditional South Asian tales, temple miracle accounts, and devotional testimonials into an analysis of the distinctive dynamics of diaspora Hinduism. She explores the ways in which the goddess, the guru, and temple members reside at cultural and religious intersections, noting how distinctions between miraculous and mundane, convention and non-convention, and domestic and foreign are more often intertwined and interdependent than in tidy opposition. This lively and accessible work is a unique and important contribution to diaspora Hindu Studies..
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Solvay Stories III contains photos of the Village dating from the late 1800's through the present time. It will take you down Milton Avenue, with images of Solvay Process and Solvay Paperboard, into taverns and stores, the Village and its fire houses, to Westvale and back again. The photos create memories, and, as always, that special spirit and community of the Village of Solvay..
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Cranks from Cooperstown: 50 Bike Rides in Upstate New York is a tour guide to the back roads and 70 points of interest in the Cooperstown area of upstate New York, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The tours, appropriate for exploration by bicycle, motorcycle or car, are uniquely presented on 50 perforated tear-out "cue sheets." Each cue sheet page shows directions for a tour on one side and a map of the tour on the other. Cranks is also a complete and detailed bicycling instruction manual designed to get the novice on the road and to expand the biking knowledge of the experienced cyclist. Cranks is paperback, 208 pages, 8 1/2" x 11", with numerous photographs, diagrams, illustrations and maps..
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"There's never a bad day at the Fair." It seems a corny expression, until you've lived it yourself And after you've lived it, you have those memories This volume of State Fair stories contains memories, photos, old post card images and more - contributed by over 100 people who know about having a good day at the Fair. Their memories draw you to their fair "family", the experiences, excitement, humor, entertainment, food and relaxation, work and play, from 1841 to the present Come and connect the old pieces with the new. Walk through time and memory through the New York State Fair..
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"This is a haunting and insightful work that transcends the picturesque to approach the profound "—Robert Stone

Route 22 is a 350-mile highway that connects Manhattan and Montreal. One day while driving on it, Benjamin Swett was struck by the contrast between the landscape he could see through his car window and the more romantic one he remembered from his childhood. Without any particular plan, he set out to discover how the upstate New York of James Fenimore Cooper and Thomas Cole became this other place—a seemingly lost, untended region of Off-Track Betting Parlors and Tattoo Emporiums, abandoned diners, and ancient buildings crumbling into forgotten canals. The result of his exploration is this book—an insightful and deeply personal meditation on this complicated and beautiful landscape, accompanied by ninety evocative photographs. 90 duotone photographs..
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