Country Towns of New York

Castine, Maine: Country Roads Press, 1995. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Good. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2. Sheridan, Victoria. 118 Pages Indexed. Beautiful pristine condition. Gift quality. Interior text pages are flawless. Explore dozens of towns and villages with a rich, rural atmosphere as genuine as any in America. Far from the glitz of Manhattan, rural upstate New York towns embrace a wealth of history, beauty, and community all their own. From Seneca Falls, which still marches for women's rights with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and for Memorial Day, the real Memorial Day, to Le Roy, the town built on Jell-O, Bill Kauffman-an upstate New Yorker born and bred with a fund of local stories-takes you on an insider's tour of a dozen small towns: their history, their celebrations, glorious lakes and gorges, famous and infamous inhabitants, inventors, artists, writers, presidents and statesmen, land swindlers, Indian chiefs, and industrialists. Stroll through history and the town square, cheer for the Ichabod Crane High School teams in Washington Irving's birthplace, and chat with the locals at the coffee shop where the coffee is free if you order pie and no native ever orders soda. Whether you take to the rural roads and visit Westfield, Canton, and Hammondsport or simply read about these fascinating small towns, Country Towns of New York is a wonderful way to explore the Empire State for armchair travelers and tourists alike. Beautifully illustrated by Victoria Sheridan.