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Recent Books About New York State

Authors and publishers of new books related to New York State can have their books noticed on the New York Almanack by following the submission guidelines HERE.

Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York

May 13, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Spaces of Enslavement and Resistance in Dutch New YorkSpaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York (Cornell University Press, 2021) by Dr. Andrea Mosterman explores the history of slavery and resistance in Dutch New York. [Read more…] about Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Books, Columbia County Historical Society, Hudson Area Library

A New History of Ilion, Herkimer County, Published

May 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ilion coverThe book Our Town – Ilion, New York: A Selective Look at 300 Years of History (self-published, 2022) by Joseph D. Collea, Jr. tells the story of the founding, growth, and development of a small but vibrant Herkimer County community that ultimately gained world-wide recognition and acclaim for the quality of its manufactured products — most notably rifles and typewriters. [Read more…] about A New History of Ilion, Herkimer County, Published

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, Herkimer COunty, Ilion

Spare Parts: Medical History from Skin Grafts to Artificial Hearts

May 6, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Paul Craddock at UCL Medical School in London, England discusses his new book Spare Parts: The Story of Medicine Through the History of Transplant Surgery (St. Martin’s Press, 2022). [Read more…] about Spare Parts: Medical History from Skin Grafts to Artificial Hearts

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Medical History, Podcasts

1813: Fall of Fort Niagara & Burning the Niagara Frontier

May 6, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

new yorks war of 1812In December 1813, during the War of 1812, there was a human catastrophe as a result of the burning of the Niagara Frontier. Only one home was spared along the 37-mile-long border and upwards of 6,000 refugees fled into the snowy forests heading for the Genesee River and safety.

Richard V. Barbuto’s book New York’s War of 1812: Politics Society and Combat (University of Oklahoma Press, 2021), looks back to the War of 1812, from the beleaguered Fort McHenry to the burning White House to an embattled New Orleans. [Read more…] about 1813: Fall of Fort Niagara & Burning the Niagara Frontier

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, Western NY Tagged With: Erie County, Genesee River, Military History, New York State Archives, Niagara County, Niagara River, Old Fort Niagara, War of 1812

North Country Prisons Talk On ‘Empire State Engagements’

April 24, 2022 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

A Prison In the Woods - Environment and Incarceration in New York's North CountyOn this episode of Empire State Engagements, Dr. Clarence Jefferson Hall, Jr., talks about his book A Prison in the Woods: Environment and Incarceration in New York’s North Country (UMass Press, 2020). [Read more…] about North Country Prisons Talk On ‘Empire State Engagements’

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Books, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, Crime and Justice, Olympic History, Podcasts, prisons

Lackawanna Memoir ‘Visitors To My Street’ Published

April 23, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Visitors to My StreetSet in the 1940s and 1950s in Lackawanna, Erie County, NY, Visitors To My Street (Outskirts Press, 2022) by Bernard T. McCann is a nostalgic look back at the life of a boy growing up in the postwar era. [Read more…] about Lackawanna Memoir ‘Visitors To My Street’ Published

Filed Under: Books, History, Western NY Tagged With: Erie County, Lackawanna

Greek Fire: The Greek Revolution in Early America

April 20, 2022 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

ben franklins world podcastIn this episode of the Ben Franklin’s World Podcast, Maureen Connors Santelli, an Associate Professor of History at Northern Virginia Community College and author of The Greek Fire: American-Ottoman Relations and Democratic Fervor in the Age of Revolutions (Cornell Univ. Press, 2020), joins Liz to investigate the Greek Revolution and early Americans’ reactions to it. [Read more…] about Greek Fire: The Greek Revolution in Early America

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Immigration, Podcasts, Political History

Building the Ashokan Reservoir: A New Book, Talk Planned

April 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

buildling of the Ashokan damIn Building the Ashokan Reservoir (Images of America, 2021), Frank Almquist brings to life the story of how this massive dam, miles of dikes, and water controls was built more than 100 years ago mostly by hand, an undertaking nearly the magnitude of the Panama Canal.

Construction started on September 30th, 1907 and the dam and dikes, followed by roads and bridges, was completed in December, 1917. Completion was ahead of schedule and under budget. [Read more…] about Building the Ashokan Reservoir: A New Book, Talk Planned

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Time and the Valleys Museum

New Ilion, Herkimer County Memoir Published

April 16, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

ilion book coverIlion, My Childhood, My Memories (Self Published, 2022) by Kevin Hall is a book containing the many colorful antics of a young boy. A boy curious with the life around him, enjoying the many moments with his family and friends in his hometown of Ilion, Herkimer County, New York.

This memoir follows a young Kevin Hall from ages of 6 through 13, as he explores his hometown of Ilion, the neighborhoods he lived in, and the many friends he enjoyed spending time with. Hall relates his many adventures and the sometimes-unexpected consequences of those adventures. [Read more…] about New Ilion, Herkimer County Memoir Published

Filed Under: Books, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Herkimer COunty, Ilion

The Titanic Was Doomed: A New Book By Bryan Jackson

April 15, 2022 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast Bryan Jackson discusses his new book Why the Titanic Was Doomed (White Owl, 2022).

White Star’s HMS Titanic, the most magnificent ocean liner of her time, was destined for disaster before she left the docks at Southampton in April 1912 according to Jackson – doomed by her owner, designers and the men who sailed her. [Read more…] about The Titanic Was Doomed: A New Book By Bryan Jackson

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Maritime History, Podcasts, Titanic

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