Rondout: A Hudson River Port is a tale of floods, fires and plagues, of commercial enterprise and the acquisition of vast, untaxed fortunes as well as the expression of public spiritedness in both peace and war. From its early days of Dutch settlement to the boom years in the nineteenth century after the construction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal to the final flowering of Rondout at Kingston Point, this book portrays the vibrant, often rambunctious, life of one of the great river ports and the characters who built it.
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Bob Stueding teaches humanities at Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge, New York. He is also a State University of New York faculty exchange scholar and serves as poet laureate of Ulster County. His published works include The Last of the Handmade Dams: The Story of the Ashokan Reservoir, A Catskill Mountain Journal, two volumes of poetry (Ashokan and Winter Sun, and a critical biography of Pulitzer Prize poet Gary Snyder.
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The Rondout of my youth,
By Ole Christensen (Albany,NY) - See all my reviews
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I was born and grew to adulthood in the area and can remember fondly the Rondout Creek. I had the same experiences as the author, in fact his father, uncle and my father were the best of friends. This is an excellent history of the area that has now been completely changed and renewed. The confluence of the Hudson and the Rondout is steeped in history from the days of the Dutch Settlement. Anyone interested in the Hudson River and it's ports should read this book. Bob Steuding's style of writing makes it accessable to everyone.
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Two years ago I volunteered to do tours of Rondout, Kingston for the Friends of Historic Kingston. I read the book before the first tour I gave in order to make sure I had enough background. Since the tours are offered on the last Saturday of the month from May through October I had time to learn more and more by consulting the books cited in the back of Steuding's book (five full pages) and the "additional sources" (eight more pages!). It is tough to stuff 400 years of history into a small book but Steuding has done a great job and a service to all of us who live and love the Rondout. The "Album of Old Rondout" in the center of the book with many of the Jack F. Matthews collection of old photographs is a huge bonus. Thank you Bob Steuding.
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