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Regional Studies: Around the State
 

Listing of New York State Subject Books:
 

Boldt Castle Boldt Castle
In Search of the Lost Story
Paul Malo
"Boldt Castle: In Search of the Lost Story contains the history of its title namesake, which is a castle on the border of New York State and the Canadian province of Ontario. The magnificent mansion of Boldt Castle attracts millions of visitors from both sides of the international border, and its tragic history, including the premature death of Luisa Boldt, is the source of a wealth of folklore."
Midwest Book Review
Paper $19.95    |    0-9669729-0-2    |    2001
 

Crossroads In Time
An Illustrated History of Syracuse
Dennis J. Connors
Crossroads in Time: An Illustrated History of Syracuse is the most ambitious publication in the Onondaga Historical Association’s 145-year history. Most of the images—many in color—are taken from OHA’s collection, and several have never been published before. This book provides the engaging story of Syracuse’s expansion and development over the past 200 years.
Cloth $49.95    |   978-0-8156-8149-6    |    2007
 

An Ethnic at Large A Memoir of America in the Thirties and Forties An Ethnic at Large
A Memoir of America in the Thirties and Forties
Jerre Mangione
"An Ethnic at Large begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. . . . An effective portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s. . . . Finally, the book is a touching revelation of the author himself."
New York Times
Paper $24.95    |    0-8156-0716-4    |    2001
 

Ethnic Utica Ethnic Utica
Edited by James S. Pula
The essays illuminate the reasons why the groups migrated to Central New York and includes the social, economic, political, religious and cultural development of the ethnic communities; and the contributions of the various groups to the development of the local areas.
Cloth $19.95    |    0-9668178-5-0    |    2005
 

A Floating World A Floating World
More People, Places, and Pastimes of the Thousand Islands

Paul Malo
A Floating World is a sequel to Fools’ Paradise, forming a trilogy with Boldt Castle. Hundreds of historic photographs illustrate a conversational narrative and historical articles, bringing vividly to life a vanished way of life.
Paper $19.95    |    0-9669729-2-9    |    2004
 

Fools Paradise Fools' Paradise
Remembering the Thousand Islands

Paul Malo
Two hundred illustrations accompany recollected conversations, evocative impressions, and decades of historical research to reconstruct the incredible, vanished international resort as it was a hundred years ago.
Paper $19.95    |    0-9669729-1-0    |    2003
 

From Abbotts to Zurich From Abbotts to Zurich
New York State Placenames

Ren Vasiliev
Explores the origins of nearly 2,500 names of settlements, villages, towns, and cities in New York State. Each place’s origin is traced and studied, providing a reason for its name and hints at the history of the people who first settled there.
Paper $24.95    |    0-8156-0798-9    |    2004
 

Matters of Taste Matters of Taste
Food and Drink in Seventeenth-century Dutch Art and Life

Donna R. Barnes and Peter G. Rose
"Concise—and very readable—essays. . . . They manage to deliver a surprise on nearly every page."
Hudson Valley
Copublished with the Albany Institute of History and Art
Paper $49.95    |    0-8156-0747-4    |    2002
 

Moonfixer Moonfixer
The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd

Earl Lloyd and Sean Kirst
In 1950, future Hall of Famer Earl Lloyd became the first African American to play in a National Basketball Association game. A warm and gracious man, widely loved and respected, Lloyd has lived what he describes as an "incredible journey" and has spent eighty years gathering passionate lessons from that experience.
Cloth 29.95    |    978-0-8156-0946-9    |    2009
 

Mount Allegro Mount Allegro
A Memoir of Italian American Life
Jerre Mangione
"A book in which you will learn more about the making of an American than in the most solemn of fictional volumes that purport to tell you all about the subject."
San Francisco Chronicle
Paper $19.95    |    0-8156-0429-7    |    1998
 

New York Mills New York Mills
The Evolution of a Village

James S. Pula and Eugene E. Dziedzic
The book chronicles how the village and its people adapted to these environmental changes, survived and prospered, while at the same time making significant contributions to American society beyond what would be expected from a small village.
Cloth $24.95    |    0-9660363-8-7    |    2005
 

Our Movie Houses Our Movie Houses
A History of Film and Cinematic Innovation in Central New York

Norman O. Keim, with David Marc
"Norm Keim has captured all the excitement and innovation of those early days of local movie making, creating an entertaining and engrossing story. At the same time, he has also created a factually accurate reference book which will be a ‘must-have’ in every theater historian’s library."
—Karen Colizzi-Noonan, President, Theatre Historical Society
Cloth $24.95    |    978-0-8156-0896-7    |    2008
 

Salmon River Odyssey Salmon River Odyssey
The Town of Richland and its Hamlets

Hope Irvin Marston
2003 American Association for State and Local History Award Winner
"A remarkable and superior example of local history writing. Approached topically, some surprising aspects of community were documented by its editorial team. And the book's production values rank at the very top of all New York State local history publications."
— Field Horne, author of The Saratoga Reader: Writing About an American Village, 1749-1900
Paper $25.00    |    0-8156-0746-6    |    2002
 

Wait 'Til the Cows Come home Wait ’Til the Cows Come Home
Farm Country Rambles with a New York Dairyman

Richard Triumpho
Part biography, part chronicle of social life and customs, part memoir, the pieces in this collection draw heavily on Richard Triumpho's experiences as a farmer and as a writer for Hoard’s Dairyman.
Distributed for Sunnyside Press
Cloth $19.95    |    0-9717214-0-8    |    2005
 

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