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Bending the Arc
(June 2020)
Striving for Peace and Justice in the Age of Endless War
Steve Breyman - Editor
John W. Amidon - Editor
Maureen Baillargeon Aumand - Editor
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Inspiring collection narrating how peace activists found their calling and why the world still needs peace activism.
Since the late 1990s the annual Kateri Tekakwitha Interfaith Peace Conference in upstate New York has grown to become the region’s premier peace conference. Bending the Arc provides a history of the conference and brings together the inspiring, personal stories from such well-known participants as Med...(Read More) |
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What Remains
(June 2020)
The Suitcases of Charles F. at Willard State Hospital
Ilan Stavans - Essay by
Jon Crispin - Photographer
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Combining photography and essay, presents a speculative portrait of a Jewish immigrant living out the end of his days in New York’s midcentury mental health system.
After the closure of Willard Psychiatric Center on New York’s Seneca Lake in 1995, more than four hundred abandoned suitcases were discovered in its attic, containing thousands of personal possessions belonging to former patients. Three of the suitcases w...(Read More) |
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Doghiker
(March 2020)
Great Hikes with Dogs from the Adirondacks through the Catskills
Alan Via - Author
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A comprehensive guidebook for dog owners that includes seventy-seven great hikes from the Adirondacks through the Catskills.
Much more than a guidebook showing readers great places to hike with their canine companions in upstate New York, Doghiker is a dog owner’s operating manual and tool kit. A lifelong dog owner, Alan Via makes a strong case for responsible ownership and offers guidance on selecting a canine hikin...(Read More) |
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Enterprising Waters
(March 2020)
The History and Art of New York's Erie Canal
Brad L. Utter - Author
Ashley Hopkins-Benton - With
Karen E. Quinn - With
Thomas X. Grasso - Foreword by
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Chronicles the story of the Erie Canal from its inception to today.
One of the largest public works projects in American history, the Erie Canal inspired a nationwide transportation revolution and directed the course of New York and American history. When completed in 1825, the engineering marvel unlocked the Western interior for trade and settlement, boomtowns sprang up along the canal’s path, and New York City grew to b...(Read More) |
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The Spy
(February 2020)
A Tale of the Neutral Ground
James Fenimore Cooper - Author
James P. Elliott - Historical introduction
James H. Pickering - Annotator
James P. Elliott - Text established by
Lance Schachterle - Text established by
Jeffrey Walker - Text established by
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An exciting Revolutionary War tale of double agents and counterespionage in New York State in 1780.
A year after his imitative first novel Precaution (1820) enjoyed only modest success, James Fenimore Cooper penned The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground, a Revolutionary War narrative initiating the American historical romance, a novel and a genre that quickly put to rest the British critic Sydney Smith’s 1820 ...(Read More) |
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Ghost Fleet Awakened
(November 2019)
Lake George's Sunken Bateaux of 1758
Joseph W. Zarzynski - Author
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Chronicles the history and archaeological study of Lake George, New York’s sunken bateaux of 1758.
In Ghost Fleet Awakened, Joseph W. Zarzynski reveals the untold story of a little-recognized sunken fleet of British warships, bateaux, from the French and Indian War (1755–1763). The story begins more than 250 years ago, when bateaux first plied the waters of Lake George, New York. Zarzynski enlightens readers ...(Read More) |
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When I Am Italian
(November 2019)
Joanna Clapps Herman - Author
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Can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian?
“My ancestral Italian village in America was in Waterbury, Connecticut.” In this sentence, Joanna Clapps Herman raises the central question of this book: To what extent can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? The granddaughter of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States in the early 1900s, Clapps Herman takes a complicated and ...(Read More) |
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Beyond the Xs and Os
(September 2019)
Keeping the Bills in Buffalo
Mark C. Poloncarz - Author
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Inside account of the negotiations between the football Bills, New York State, and Erie County to sign a long-term stadium lease and thereby keep the team in Buffalo.
Beyond the Xs and Os is the previously unpublished story of how a long-term stadium lease was negotiated and signed by New York’s Erie County, the state, and the Buffalo Bills football team. Mark C. Poloncarz, the elected executive of the community th...(Read More) |
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Racial Inequality in New York City since 1965
(September 2019)
Benjamin P. Bowser - Editor
Chelli Devadutt - Editor
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A comprehensive exploration of racial inequality in New York City since 1965.
In the past, the study of racial inequality in New York City has usually had a narrow focus, examining particular social problems affecting ethnic-racial groups. In contrast, this book provides a comprehensive overview of racial inequality in the city’s economy, housing, and education sectors over the last half-century. A collection of original ...(Read More) |
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The Architecture of Downtown Troy
(September 2019)
An Illustrated History
Diana S. Waite - Author
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Tells the forgotten but surprising stories of the many handsome and significant buildings in downtown Troy, New York.
Located about 150 miles north of Manhattan, on the east bank of the Hudson River, the city of Troy, New York, was once an industrial giant. It led the nation in iron production throughout much of the nineteenth century, and its factories turned out bells and cast-iron stoves that were sold the world over. Its pop...(Read More) |
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