A selection of biographies, history and tall tales from the Tug Hill Plateau region of upstate New York.

The report of the Temporary State Commission on Tug Hill presented to the governor and legislature of the State of New York.

Letters written by an upstate New York farm family record their World War II experience. A bomber pilot in the Pacific, an Aviation Cadet in training, a young father, a married mother, a single working mother, a newlywed, a son left to manage the farm, a teen age daughter, their mother and father - all tell the story of the war through their eyes. The book covers the time from the oldest son's Navy enlistment in 1942 to the war's end in 1945.

Packed with pictures and maps, this informative guidebook will lead you on a new quest. Bag the highest point in each county of New York - all 62 of them! Some are barely molehills. Others are significant mountain peaks that require a full day's climb. All of them will deliver the exhilaration that comes in making new discoveries.

This 'epistolary memoir' is a sort of anecdotal history of backwoods northern New York in the 1940s and 50s, and of my father, a 'dirt-poor' farmer. It consists of email correspondence by the author and sibs.

The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures the impressive complexity of New York State as a historic crossroads of people and ideas, as a cradle of abolitionism and feminism, and as an apex of modern urban, suburban, and rural life. The Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating details from fields ranging from sociology and geography to history. Did you know that Manhattan's Lower East Side was once the most populated neighborhood in the world, but Hamilton County in the Adirondacks is the least densely populated county east of the Mississippi; New York is the only state to border both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean; the Erie Canal opened New York City to rich farmland upstate . . . and to the west. Entries by experts chronicle New York's varied areas, politics, and persuasions with a cornucopia of subjects from environmentalism to higher education to railroads, weaving the state's diverse regions and peoples into one idea of New York State. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs and figures, 120 maps, and 140 tables, the Encyclopedia is key to understanding the state's past, present, and future. It is a crucial reference for students, teachers, historians, and business people, for New Yorkers of all persuasions, and for anyone interested in finding out more about New York State.