In the September 1909 a young freelance reporter for Europe's leading financial daily filed his first of a series of cabled articles spanning the two-week long Hudson-Fulton Celebration, a Dutch-American extravaganza commemorating Hudson's voyage 300 years before and Fulton's steamboat 100 years before. The reports made front-page news. It was a remarkably optimistic moment in New York City's history, well into the new century, and the reporter and his readers were witnesses to all of it. Now almost a century after the event, the reporter's son has translated his father's articles with an illuminating and engaging commentary on the city in 1909. Included are biographical sketches of Henry Hudson and Robert Fulton and an epilogue on the fate of the replicas of the two vessels at the center of the celebration.
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Lincoln Diamant is an award-winning Hudson Valley historian and author. His previous books include "Chaining the Hudson: The Fight for the River in the American Revolution."
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LET US BEGIN this saga with Captain Hudson and his long 1609 voyage of exploration aboard the Halve-Maen, named for the arc-shaped canals of its home port, the Dutch city of Amsterdam. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
historical parade, naval parade, upper bay, reviewing stand Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Henry Hudson, Hudson River, Robert Fulton, Staten Island, Central Park, General Woodford, Fifth Avenue, New Rotterdam Courant, Holland Society, Governor Hughes, New Netherlands, North River, Riverside Park, Civil War, Colonel van Hecking-Colenbrander, Nieuw Amsterdam, West Point, American Revolution, Governor's Island, Hudson Valley, Long Island, Manhattan Island, New Jersey New!
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LET US BEGIN this saga with Captain Hudson and his long 1609 voyage of exploration aboard the Halve-Maen, named for the arc-shaped canals of its home port, the Dutch city of Amsterdam. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
historical parade, naval parade, upper bay, reviewing stand Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Henry Hudson, Hudson River, Robert Fulton, Staten Island, Central Park, General Woodford, Fifth Avenue, New Rotterdam Courant, Holland Society, Governor Hughes, New Netherlands, North River, Riverside Park, Civil War, Colonel van Hecking-Colenbrander, Nieuw Amsterdam, West Point, American Revolution, Governor's Island, Hudson Valley, Long Island, Manhattan Island, New Jersey New!
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- Stamping Our History: The Story of the U.S. Portrayed on Its Postage Stamps by Charles Davidson in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Changing the Hudson: Fight for the River in the American Revolution by Lincoln Diamant in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Washington Square (Signet Classics) by Henry James on page 18, and page 21
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne on page 22
- Native Americans (Sacred Symbols Series) by Mark Lehner on page 45
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