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Translations of selected poems by the Yiddish writer, covering the entire breadth of his career.

A walking tour and history of Bob Dylan's life and time in New York, from Greenwich Village to Woodstock.

Reveals the life and lore of a vanished era of railroad history.

An idealistic, occasionally naïve and somewhat irreverent young attorney becomes the District Attorney of Rockland County, New York, in the 1960s and faces the challenges of fighting crime in a rapidly changing world.

The decade comes alive in this whirlwind ride through the Sixties that begins in Brooklyn and ends at Woodstock.

The story of the suffrage movement and the ongoing struggle for women's rights through the lens of one family's history.

Can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian?

Chronicles the history and archaeological study of Lake George, New York's sunken bateaux of 1758.

A memoir and selected writings by the former Chief Judge of New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals.

An exciting travel guide for Upstate New York road warriors, history lovers, and tourists.

Documents the city's surviving grain elevators and their profound influence on twentieth-century architecture.

Tells the story of New York's playing grounds, teams, and ballparks of yesteryear.

A fascinating fusion of New York history and local folklore sure to send shivers up your spine!

A study of the times and life in Southampton, New York between 1870 and 1900.

Overturns traditional views of the origins of fairy tales and documents their actual origins and transmission.

Veteran labor journalist Richard Steier explores the tensions between New York City's public employee unions, their critics, and city and state politicians.

This provocative biography profiles William Johnson, an Irish immigrant to Britain's North American empire who became instrumental in forging America's alliance with the Iroquois.

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.

Explores why people stay in vulnerable cities by looking at Syracuse, New York, through the contemporary experiences of five citizens.

Encompasses key years and important events in Theodore Roosevelt's early life and career.

A collection of plays by American Indian playwright William S. Yellow Robe Jr.

Offers a firsthand account into early-nineteenth-century New York State and Lower Canada during a time of enormous growth and change.

Editorials, op-eds, and other writings by a memorable newspaperman.

An evocative and personal history of a unique historic place in the Adirondacks.

New, superbly translated omnibus of five of Jules Verne's most renown stories.

The definitive oral history of the Woodstock rock festival.

An interlinear edition of the spiritual classic that provides devanagari, transliterated Sanskrit, and English versions of the Gītā.