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| Foreword | |
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| Prologue: A River of Imagining, People of Daring and Dreams | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| World's End, World Trade, World River: Henry Hudson's Failed Quest, Adriaen Van der Donck's Utopian Vision, and the Legend of the Storm Ship | |
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| The River That Unites, the River That Divides: King George and George Washington Vie for the Hudson | |
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| America's River of Empire: Robert Fulton's Folly, Robert Livingston's Venture Capital, and DeWitt Clinton's Ditch Spark the Rise of New York Port | |
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| First Stop on the American Tour: Europe Discovers Sylvanus Thayer's West Point, a Catskills Sunrise, and a River That Defines the American Character | |
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| America's First Artists and Writers: The Sacred River of Thomas Cole and the Mythic River of Washington Irving | |
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| The Industrialized River: Gouverneur Kemble's Weapon Works, Henry Burden's Iron Foundries, and Colonel Stevens's Engine Factory | |
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| Going up the River for Health and Fun: New York City Journalist N. P. Willis Survives TB and Discovers an Idle Wild | |
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| Design with Nature: The Landscape Gardens of A. J. Downing, the Architecture of A. J. Davis, and the Inspiration for Central Park and Riverside Drive | |
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| Gateway to America, Escape Route to Canada: Immigrants Greet a Beacon of Liberty, John Jervis Creates a New River Route, and a Railroad Goes Underground | |
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| Millionaires' Row: The River Castles of J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and Frederic Church, and the Floating Palaces of Manhattan's West Side | |
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| A Forest to Protect a Commercial River: Land Surveyor Verplanck Colvin, Photographer Seneca Ray Stoddard, and the New York Board of Trade Campaign to Safeguard the Hudson in the Adirondacks | |
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| An Interstate Park for the Palisades and the Highlands and a New Progressive Vision: Elizabeth Vermilye's Women's Clubs, Edward and Mary Harriman's Park, Mrs. Olmsted's Fresh Air Camp, and Margaret Sage's Charity | |
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| Over, Under, Across, and Through: Civil Engineers Triumph Over Nature, Except in New York Harbor | |
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| Surviving the Depression, Connecting with Nature: FDR's River of Dignity, Robert Moses's Riverside Drive, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Parkway | |
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| Scenic Hudson, Riverkeeper, Clearwater, and the Nature Conservancy: Hiker Leo Rothschild, Sportswriter Bob Boyle, and Folksinger Pete Seeger Campaign to Save a Mountain and Revive a "Dead" River | |
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| Epilogue: A River of Power, and the Power of Passion | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index 05dunwell00_toc.doc: vii | |