The publication of this catalogue and the exhibit it supplements, "The Glorious Scenery Must Ever Excite: Nineteenth-century American Paintings of the Hudson Highlands", inaugurates the Exhibition Gallery at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison, NY.

Author Shari Aber leads the reader on thirty-three guided paddles in the heart of the Hudson River Valley-Dutchess, Orange, Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Putnam, Westchester, & Sullivan counties-through such magnificent waterways as Tivoli Bays - Constitution Marsh - RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary - the Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge - the Delaware, Wallkill, Tenmile, Croton, & Neversink rivers - and the Esopus, Wappinger, Otter Kill, Black, Stockport, Catskill, Bashakill, DuBois, Fishkill - Rondout creeks' plus thirty-seven Hudson Valley lakes, ponds and reservoirs. Meet bald eagles, blue heron, swans, and beavers on the "quieter waters" far from the noise, the traffic, and the madding crowds. Includes maps, photographs, tips on safety, and directories of outfitters and environmental organizations offering equipment, instructions, or guided tours.

More than 40 full-color reproductions of some of their greatest paintings illustrate this historical overview of the Hudson River School of landscape painting and the lives and works of artists Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Asher Durand, Sanford Gifford, Albert Bierstadt, Jasper Cropsey, Worthington Whittredge, William Merritt Chase, Martin Johnson Heade, John Frederick Kensett, George Inness, and other American landscape painters who created a new-and quintessentially American-style of art in the early and mid-19th century.

A brand-new addition to the Backroad Bicycling series, featuring rides on quieter, less-traveled roads and byways easily accessible from New York City. Renowned for sprawling rural townships, quaint agricultural villages, and tucked-away mountain hamlets, the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions are idyllic destinations for cycling.

Beacon has long been recognized for its historic significance, scenic beauty, and vibrant diversity.