{"product_id":"palisades-9780823293704","title":"Palisades","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow the famous and not-so-famous like-minded citizens all gave their time, expertise, and money to build a park legacy of incomparable benefitThe Palisades park and historic site system in New York and New Jersey is a significant anchor-point for the spread of national and state parks across the nation. The challenge to protect these treasures began with a brutal blast of dynamite in the late nineteenth century and continues to this day. Palisades: The People's Park presents the story of getting from zero protected acres to the rich tapestry that is today's Palisades park system, located in the nation's most densely populated metropolitan region. This is an account of huge determination, moments of crisis, caustic resistance to the very idea of conservation, glorious philanthropy, a steep learning curve, and responsibilities for guardianship passed with care from one generation to the next. Despite the involvement of men of great wealth and fame from its earliest beginnings, the Palisa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Barnabas McHenry\u003c\/i\u003e | ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eForeword by Joshua Laird\u003c\/i\u003e | xi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e A Dynamite Park | 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e The Commission | 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e Upriver | 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Harriman | 36\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Legend and War | 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Welch | 60\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e Bear Mountain | 71\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e Perkins | 91\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e Jolliffe | 111\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e Trail and Bridge | 128\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e Uncle Bennie | 143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e12\u003c\/b\u003e Black Thursday | 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e13\u003c\/b\u003e The Compact | 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e14\u003c\/b\u003e The Palisades Parkway | 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e15\u003c\/b\u003e Storm King | 220\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e16\u003c\/b\u003e Minnewaska | 248\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e17\u003c\/b\u003e Sterling Forest | 282\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e18\u003c\/b\u003e Honor and Electronics | 332\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAppendixes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA.\u003c\/b\u003e Palisades Interstate Park Commission Parks and Historic Sites | 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eB.\u003c\/b\u003e The Public-Private Partnership to Save Sterling Forest | 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e | 355\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSources\u003c\/i\u003e | 357\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e | 387\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406162567511,"sku":"9780823293704","price":111.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823293704.jpg?v=1730494747","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/palisades-9780823293704","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}