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Syracuse University Press
Notable Books
2014 CNY Book Award winner for nonfiction
Named as one of 10 Great New Books from Small Presses by Reader’s Digest
2015 Independent Publisher Book Award, Silver Medal for U.S. North-East Best Regional Non-Fiction
2012 Atmospheric Science Librarians International Awards Honorable Mention in History
2014 Award of Merit winner by American Association of State and Local History Leadership in History
2009 Adirondack Book Award for Non-Fiction, Adirondack Writing Center
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Around the State
Take a road trip with Chuck D’Imperio Unknown Museums of Upstate New York A Guide to 50 Treasures Chuck D’Imperio
A Taste of Upstate New York The People and the Stories behind 40 Food Favorites Chuck D’Imperio “Every recipe that we create at Beekman 1802 is influenced by the harvests and the happenings that surround us. One peek at this wonderfully written book and you’ll understand our source of inspiration. D’Imperio has compiled the very best of upstate cuisine in his trademark humorous voice. A must-have for any upstate road-tripper or foodie.”—Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, founders of Beekman1802.com Paper $29.95 978-0-8156-1049-6 ebook 978-0-8156-5323-3
“Chuck D’Imperio has traveled the rural byways of the upstate region and explored many of its museums to find the best and most interesting collections for travelers and history enthusiasts.”—Garet D. Livermore, NYS Historical Association and The Farmers’ Museum Paper $27.95 978-0-8156-1028-1 ebook 978-0-8156-5248-9
Monumental New York! A Guide to 30 Iconic Memorials in Upstate New York Chuck D’Imperio “Throughout Monumental New York! Chuck D’Imperio acts as your personal tour guide, detailing not only the particulars of each historical tribute but also the human-interest characteristics and in many cases, untold stories, behind the carved creations and their subjects.”—From the Foreword, Sentor James L. Stewart Paper $19.95 978-0-8156-0962-9
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Fanny Seward A Life Trudy Krisher “At last Fanny Seward, the precocious, perceptive daughter of Secretary of State William Seward, gets her own book, the book she deserves: warm and literate and engaging.” —Walter Stahr, author of Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man Cloth $29.95 978-0-8156-1041-0 ebook 978-0-8156-5295-3
Leveling the Playing Field The Story of the Syracuse 8 David Marc Foreword by Jim Brown Marc takes us beyond the often cliche-filled lore of sports history as he artfully reconstructs a little-known but fascinating episode in the continuing struggle against racial discrimination in collegiate sports. Cloth $39.95 978-0-8156-1030-4 ebook 978-0-8156-5255-7
James K. McGuire Boy Mayor and Irish Nationalist Joseph E. Fahey “A thoroughly enjoyable book offering a view of both Syracuse’s history and American history through the eyes and experiences of a remarkable man, Syracuse’s own Boy Mayor James K. McGuire.”—Stephanie A. Miner, Syracuse mayor Cloth $24.95 978-0-8156-1032-8 ebook 978-0-8156-5277-9
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The African Burial Ground in New York City Memory, Spirituality, and Space Andrea E. Frohne “This book is of real importance. Frohne has drawn together all of the information about the African American burial ground in one place and analyzed it within the context of the history of enslaved Africans in New York.”—Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, director and Distinguished Professor, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta “A timely addition to the scant literature about a wellknown but understudied aspect of African American history in early New York City.”—Graham Hodges, professor of history and Africana and Latin American studies, Colgate University Paper $49.95s 978-0-8156-3430-0 ebook 978-0-8156-5327-1
New York State History
Peconic Bay
Auburn, New York
Four Centuries of History on Long Island’s North and South Forks
The Entrepreneurs’ Frontier
Marilyn E. Weigold “At last! A comprehensive overview from prehistory to today of a unique and most interesting area—the Peconic Estuary with its encircling North and South Forks. Fascinating for newcomers as well as oldtimers and historians.”—Gaynell Stone, director, Suffolk County Archaeological Association Cloth $24.95 978-0-8156-1045-8 ebook 978-0-8156-5309-7 Also available . . .
Governors Island The Jewel of New York Harbor
Scott W. Anderson “A very detailed and thorough economic history of the Auburn area, from the arrival of John Hardenburgh in 1793 to the peak of capitalistic clout three generations later.”—Andrew Roblee, independent historian and columnist for the Auburn Citizen “A unique and under-explored perspective of the region. Readers will find the subject both significant and timely as cities across the rust belt seek to reinvent themselves in new directions.”—Linda Frank, Cayuga County historian Cloth $39.95 978-0-8156-1053-3 ebook 978-0-8156-5330-1
Ann L. Buttenwieser Cloth $60.00 978-0-8156-0936-0
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Over the Line David Lloyd “A spare and magnificent novel, humorous and heartbreaking to the end. Drawing on his native Central New York with an eye as keen as William Kennedy’s or Richard Russo’s, Lloyd gives us a timely character in the person of Justin Lyle, who is being raised in the economic and moral crucible of small town America.”—Andrew Krivak, author of The Sojourn Paper $19.95 978-0-8156-1022-9 ebook 978-0-8156-5230-4
Allegany to Appomattox The Life & Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers Valgene Dunham “A meaningful and memorable contribution to the historical genre of Civil War letters literature.”—Rod Gragg, author of Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher Cloth $29.95 978-0-8156-1011-3 ebook 978-0-8156-5205-2
The Tumble Inn William Loizeaux
General Fiction Honorable Mention in the New England Book Festival
Kodak Elegy A Cold War Childhood William Merrill Decker “Kodak Elegy strides the tightrope of 1960s America with passion and skill. His remembered Rochester is tantalizingly rich with character and change.”—Alyson Hagy, author of Ghosts of Wyoming: Stories Cloth $29.95 978-0-8156-0972-8
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“This powerful novel is not just about its characters. It’s about something more. It evolves into a story about life itself, about how to balance in the storms, about the unpredictable and unrepeatable circumstances of a life lived fully and well in spite of our will, in spite of our plans. As with all of William Loizeaux’s work, this novel is written from the heart, deeply moving and memorable.”—Robert Bausch, author of A Hole in the Earth Paper $19.95 978-0-8156-1042-7 ebook 978-0-8156-5303-5
Stone Houses of Jefferson County Edited by Maureen Hubbard Barros, Brian W. Gorman, and Robert A. Uhlig Photographs by Richard Margolis “This book does a lovely job of opening the front doors of these stone structures, offering more than just a peek inside. The contributors share the results of their passion for Jefferson County’s buildings of stone, providing the fortunate reader with thorough research that not only describes the architecture in great detail but also introduces the original builders and owners. The cumulative result is a nuanced understanding of the history of the county that reveals how a part of northern New York, one that many now consider to be a remote frontier, was once vibrantly connected to the center of an expanding new nation.”—Laurie W. Rush, North Country archaeologist and fellow of the American Academy in Rome “This is a work of great local and antiquarian interest. It is very gratifying to discover in its pages a region with such a fine building heritage.”—Susan R. Henderson, author of Building Culture: Ernst May and the New Frankfurt Initiative, 1926–1931 Cloth $49.95 978-0-8156-1048-9 ebook 978-0-8156-5322-6
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Munsee Indian Trade in Ulster County, New York, 1712–1732 Edited by Kees-Jan Waterman and J. Michael Smith Translated by Kees-Jan Waterman “A first-rate work by well-respected scholars . . . . Besides adding to our knowledge of how the fur trade operated, the study offers insights about the importance of textiles, the role of women, and information about individual Munsees involved in the trade.”—Laurence M. Hauptman, SUNY, New Paltz Cloth 34.95s 978-0-8156-3316-7 ebook 978-0-8156-5221-2
In the Shadow of Kinzua The Seneca Nation of Indians since World War II Laurence M. Hauptman
Laura Cornelius Kellogg Our Democracy and the American Indian and Other Works Edited by Kristina Ackley and Cristina Stanciu
“Hauptman has decades of experience working with Senecas, and an unparalleled knowledge of the archives of modern Seneca history. In the Shadow of Kinzua blends these in a truly compelling fashion to show us the obvious and not–so–obvious effects of the Kinzua tragedy.”—Karim M. Tiro, author of The People of the Standing Stone Cloth $45.00s 978-0-8156-3328-0 ebook 978-0-8156-5238-0
“This work will restore to the field of Native American studies an important but often-forgotten figure. The time is right for a critical reevaluation of Laura Kellogg’s writings and political legacy.” —Scott Manning Stevens, director, Native American Studies Program, Syracuse University Cloth $39.95s 978-0-8156-3390-7 ebook 978-0-8156-5314-1
Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership The Six Nations since 1800 Laurence M. Hauptman 2012 Winner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship An accessible and indispensable volume. Cloth $45.00L 978-0-8156-3165-1 Paper $24.95s 978-0-8156-3189-7
A Journey into Mohawk and Oneida Country, 1634–1635
The Journal of Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, Revised Edition Translated and Edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna Wordlist and Linguistic Notes by Gunther Michelson “What gives this edition a special place in the vast literature on Iroquoian studies is the careful translation of the text and the extensive scholarly notes.”—Choice Paper $19.95s 978-0-8156-3322-8 ebook 978-0-8156-5215-1
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Native American Studies
Corey Village and the Cayuga World Implications from Archaeology and Beyond Edited by Jack Rossen “A richly informative historical account of the thriving Cayuga world through the perspective of the Corey site, a dynamic sixteenth-century village on the eve of European contact. This study fills a void, as it is the first book published on Cayuga archaeology.” —Jordan E. Kerber, professor of anthropology and Native American studies, Colgate University Cloth $39.95s 978-0-8156-3405-8 ebook 978-0-8156-5334-9
Reading the Wampum Essays on Hodinöhsö:ni’ Visual Code and Epistemological Recovery Penelope Myrtle Kelsey Director’s Choice for Fall 2014
Kelsey provides the first academic consideration of the ways in which these sacred belts are reinterpreted into current Haudenosaunee tradition. While Kelsey explores the aesthetic appeal of the belts, she also provides insightful analysis of how readings of wampum belts can change our understanding of specific treaty rights and land exchanges. Kelsey shows how contemporary Iroquois intellectuals and artists adapt and reconsider these traditional belts in new and innovative ways. Reading the Wampum conveys the vitality and continuance of wampum traditions in Iroquois art, literature, and community, suggesting that wampum narratives pervade and reappear in new guises with each new generation. Cloth $29.95s 978-0-8156-3366-2 ebook 978-0-8156-5299-1
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New York State and Regional
Bestsellers The End of the Innocence
Our Movie Houses
The 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair
A History of Film and Cinematic Innovation in Central New York
Lawrence R. Samuel “An overdue and well-deserved encomium to a largely denigrated chapter in [New York] city’s history.”—The New York Times Paper $19.95 978-0-8156-0956-8
Norman O. Keim with David Marc Winner of the Theatre Historical Society of America’s Outstanding Book of the Year Award Cloth $24.95 978-0-8156-0896-7
The St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
The Great Experiment in Conservation
An Oral History of the Greatest Construction Show on Earth
Voices from the Adirondack Park
Claire Puccia Parham In this book, Claire Puccia Parham reveals the human side of the project in the words of its engineers, laborers, and carpenters. Cloth $34.95 978-0-8156-0913-1
Edited by William F. Porter, Jon D. Erickson, and Ross S. Whaley Reveals the Adirondack Park’s rich natural and cultural history in shaping conservation policy, providing vital contributions to the future study of land preservation. Cloth $45.00s 978-0-8156-3231-3
Walking Seasonal Roads Mary A. Hood “Hood extends an invitation, ‘Join me now in walking.’ By all means, accept her invitation. She is the perfect walking companion: a combination botanist, biologist, poet, historian, humorist, conservationist and grand storyteller.”—Margaret Kasper Reed, author of Lament’s Grocery Cloth $19.95 978-0-8156-0973-5
The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York, 1865–1913 Steven A. Riess “A model monograph illustrating that sports history can inform larger political and cultural issues. His research is massive, the analysis is crisp, and the narrative is engaging. This impressive work deserves the attention of scholars even if they care little about sports per se.”—The Journal of American History Cloth $45.00 978-0-8156-0985-8
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Lucy’s Eggs
A Mountain View
Short Stories and a Novella
Childhood Summers on Upper Saranac Lake
Rick Henry “This debut collection includes four short stories and a novella, all set in rural New York around the turn of the 20th century.” —Choice
Lewis Spence
Cloth $22.95 978-0-8156-0850-9
Cloth $26.95 978-0-8156-0728-1
Steel’s
Ashbel P. Fitch
A Forgotten Stock Market Scandal from the 1920s
Champion of Old New York
Dave Dyer
“This fine book is an essential tile in the mosaic of New York City history, and an enjoyable read to boot.”—Kenneth D. Ackerman, author of Boss Tweed: Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
“A fascinating and thoroughly engaging story of Buffalo-based Steel’s department store told by a master storyteller.”—Field Horne, author of The Saratoga Reader: Writing about an American Village, 1749–1900
A colorful portrait of a vanished time and a way of life filled with many memorable characters.
David F. Remington
Cloth $24.95 978-0-8156-0988-9
Cloth $24.95 978-0-8156-1012-0 ebook 978-0-8156-5206-9
The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty
Perspectives on the Adirondacks
Wilderness Guide, Pilot, and Conservationist
Protecting Their Treasure
Christopher Angus
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Public activism vs. political rigidity: the untold story behind the battle for the environment in New York State’s magnificent Adirondacks.
Paper $19.95 978-0-8156-0870-7
Paper $24.95 978-0-8156-0895-0
“Clarence Petty’s life reads like a history of the Adirondacks. . . . Recommended.”
A Thirty-Year Struggle by People Barbara McMartin
Lake Effect
Contested Terrain
Tales of Large Lakes, Arctic Winds, and Recurrent Snows
A New History of Nature and People in the Adirondacks, 2nd Ed.
Mark Monmonier
Philip G. Terrie
Residents of lake-effect regions, history buffs, and weather junkies alike will relish this entertaining and informative book.
“The finest general Adirondack history yet written, the book to which all subsequent accounts will have to refer.”—New York Review of Books
Cloth $24.95 978-0-8156-1004-5
Paper $22.95 978-0-8156-0904-9
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