Time and the Valleys Museum

	The Castskill Forest: A History Laminated Hardcover The results of a 30-year study of the Catskill forest, covering the natural history of the forest from the last glaciation to the present. It is accompanied by a stunning, full-color 26” x 34” map, with the reverse side showing forest products, industries and railroads, both past and present. By Michael Kudish, 218 pages, illustrated, indexed.	$45.00
	The Catskills: A Geological Guide Learn about the great geological history of almost 400 million years ago, hidden in the region's rocks and landscapes. Here is the story of continental collisions, lost mountain ranges and primitive fossil creatures in an ancient sea. By Robert Titus, 127 pages, illustrated.	$15.00
	The Other Side of Time: Essays by "The Catskill Geologist" Geological insights from the Catskills and Hudson Valley. By Robert Titus, 152 pages, illustrated.	$15.00
	The Catskills in the Ice Age The Catskill Mountains are the legacy of the massive forces of ice, glacial lakes and fossil rivers. Virtually all Catskill Mountain villages are built where they are because glaciers made that land habitable; our best agricultural lands are the floors of glacial lakes; much of our recreational hiking and climbing leads to scenery carved by the passing ice. By Robert Titus, 123 pages, illustrated.	$15.00
	Indian Tribes of Hudson’s River - Vol. I (To 1700) First half of the only complete history of ALL the tribes that were located in New York! Readers will learn about Native Americans' customs, organization, wars and treaties. Volume I begins with Dutch explorer Henry Hudson's arrival and reconstructs the history of dozens of tribes in the Northeast. It includes the nations of the Lenni Lenape, the Mohicans and the Iroquois. By E.M. Ruttenberger, 208 pages.	$12.95
	Indian Tribes of Hudson’s River - Vol. II (1700 to 1850) The second half of this monumental work takes us through the wars to displacement of the tribes. It deals with their battles, provides biographies of noted Native Americans and explores Native American languages. It includes a 100 page appendix of language and additional bios. By E.M. Ruttenberger, 246 pages, indexed.	$12.95
	The Delaware Indians The Delaware Indians or Lenni Lenape as they called themselves, was originally the most powerful Native American group in the east, perhaps in the Americas. E.J. Adams, a descendant of Delaware Indians, presents this sketch of the history, language, legends and government of the tribe of his ancestors, circa 1906. Includes footnotes, appendix and new index.	$8.95
	Chainbreaker’s War: A Seneca Chief Remembers the American Revolution This authentic narrative of a Seneca war chief recounting his experiences during the American Revolution has been edited for readability, freeing at last the clear, strong voice of the Seneca leader known to American colonists as Governor Blacksnake, who, together with the Mohawk chieftain Joseph Brant and other leaders of the powerful Iroquois Confederation scourged the New York and Pennsylvania frontiers from 1777 to 1783. Edited by Jeanne Winston Adler, 224 pages, photos, illustrations, maps and index.	$8.95
	John Burroughs: An American Naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921) emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Edward J. Renehan, Jr. draws on a wealth of previously unpublished manuscripts, journals and letters to portray the man Henry James called "a more humorous, more available and more sociable Thoreau." Renehan reveals Burroughs's complex and enduring relationships with such notables as Jay Gould, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Edison, John Muir, Walt Whitman, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Ford. By Edward J. Renehan, Jr., 384 pages, photos and index.	$19.95
	Catskill Summer Things The very best hikes, family walks, road and mountain bike tours, flat water and whitewater adventures and swimming holes to be found in the Catskills. By Pete Senterman, 104 pages, illustrated.	$12.50
	The Catskills: A Winter Sports Guide This winter enjoy the splendor and serenity of the Catskills and Shawangunks! Included are 35 great places for cross-country and downhill skiing, tobogganing and snowshoeing with skill levels, directions, maps and scenic views. There are tips for acquiring the right equipment and clothing; weather advice and a history of skiing in the Catskills. By George Quinn, 112 pages, indexed, illustrated.	$12.50
	Shawagunk Chains, Links and Gavels: The Surveyor in the Courtroom Land surveyor Norm Van Valkenburgh shares two boundary disputes that ended in trials, one in the western Catskills and one in the Shawnagunks. By Norman J. Van Valkenburgh, 109 pages.	$12.50
	Mohonk: It’s People and Spirit A History of One Hundred Years of Growth and Service An illustrated history of the famous Shawangunk Mountain resort, which has been owned and operated by the same family for more than a hundred years. By Larry Burgess, 126 pages, illustrated.	$19.00
	Gunks Trails: A Ranger’s Guide to the Shawangunk Mountains Ed Henry interprets the forest ecology, wildlife biology, botany, geology, and human history of the Gunks trails while leading hikers from the trailheads to the best vistas and points of interest. Hikes include Eagle Cliff, The Trapps & Skytop, Indian Rock, Gertrudes Nose, Lake Minnewaska & Beacon Hill, Lake Awosting, Verkeerderkill Falls & High Point, Millbrook Mountain, Bonticou Crag, Three Falls & High Peters Kill, Hamilton & Castle Points, Stony Kill Falls, Red Hill, and Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge. Each hike is accompanied by a trail map, a photo, and a key to the hike supplying information on directions, parking, GPS points, and a short synopsis of the route itself. By Edward G. Henry, 208 pages, photos and maps.	$14.95
	Treasure Tales of the Shawangunk Mountains Although no one knows exactly why, numerous legends of lost treasure have been woven into the historical fabric of the Shawangunk region. The author deftly weaves "new" tales told to him by old mountain people, many never appearing in print before, with the tales from his original publication to produce this fascinating and unusual reprint. The colorful past of this mountain region lives again in this unique collection of legends and folktales. By Harold Harris, 138 pages, black and white illustrations.	$12.95
	Picturesque Ulster This classic turn-of-the-century pictorial work on Ulster County townships contains over 1000 black and white original illustrations, and a horseback travelogue of the back roads including interviews and bits of history. Never before or since has the architecture, people, and their various occupations been documented in such detail. By Richard Lionel DeLisser with an introduction by Alf Evers, 300 pages.	$35.00
	A History of Ulster County Under the Dominion of the Dutch From the Native Americans through the burning of Kingston in 1663. By Augustus H. Van Buren, 146 pages.	$13.95
	The Last of the Handmade Dams: The Story of the Ashokan Reservoir This book tells the social history of the construction of the first and the largest of New York City's Catskill Mountain reservoirs, the Ashokan, and of its impact on the more than 2,000 inhabitants it displaced. By Bob Steuding, 128 pages, illustrated.	$12.50
	Liquid Assets: A History of New York City’s Water System An engineering marvel, the New York City Water System delivers 1.3 billion gallons of water daily to nine million people. It is a complex network of reservoirs stretched out over a vast upstate region and connected by a web of subterranean aqueducts. Thousands were forced to relinquish their homes and dozens of communities leveled to make way for the reservoirs of the Croton, Catskill, and Delaware supplies. Hundreds of workers died building the tunnels and dams; countless more were injured. By Diane Galusha, 303 pages, indexed, illustrated.	$25.00
	Water for New York City This is a 300 year history of NYC's water resources "...very timely, fun to read and informative. It makes for fascinating reading ...with a slew of interesting side aspects..." By Edward Hall, 124 pages.	$12.50
	The Lost Gold Mine of the Hudson I'll leave it up to the reader to decide how much truth this story contains. The fact that this cave still remains undiscovered can be more-or-less plausibly explained by the natural disasters and the confusion of the location with other stories over the years. 64 pages.	$5.95
	Tall Tales of the Catskills A collection of tall tales relating to the curious creatures and phenomena of the Catskills, both real and imaginary. By Frank Du Mond, 179 pages black and white illustrations.	$12.50
	Another Day, Another Dollar: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Catskills In the Catskills, at CCC camps, city boys and their country cousins transformed the Catskills by planting millions of trees, fighting stream and soil erosion, and building roads, fire towers, hiking trails, ski trails, and campsites. This is their story: who they were, where they came from, what they did, and the legacy they left behind. By Diane Galusha, 224 pages, 100 illustrations.	$16.95
	The Life and Times of Asher B. Durand One of the most important American artists of the nineteenth century, Asher Durand was an artist, a founder of art institutions and acknowledged leader of the American Landscape school. By John Durand, 256 pages, 14 illustrations.	$17.95