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Book SynopsisToo often, the lives and works of authors who called Upstate New York home are overshadowed by the icons of New York City.
Resting among Us uncovers the region’s rich literary heritage through Steven Huff’s journeys to the graves of writers both famous and celebrated as well as those that have been forgotten.
Trade ReviewOne of the many virtues of this book is that it will spark a renewed and deserved interest in some of these writers." - Bill Kauffman, author of
Ain’t My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-ImperialismTable of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction 1
East
- 1. Albany: Charles Fort
- 2. Auriesville: Daniel Berrigan
- 3. Austerlitz: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- 4. Cooperstown: James Fenimore Cooper, Susan Fenimore Cooper
- 5. Kingston: Walter B. Gibson
- 6. Roxbury: John Burroughs
- 7. Saratoga Springs: Mansfield Tracy Walworth, Charles Brackett
- 8. Stamford: Ned Buntline (Edward Zane Carroll Judson)
- 9. Woodstock: Howard Koch, Hervey White, Paula Danziger, Janine Pommy Vega
Central
- 10. Clinton: Alexander Woollcott
- 11. Elmira: Mark Twain
- 12. Fayetteville: Matilda Joslyn Gage
- 13. Geneva: Sarah Hopkins Bradford
- 14. Hamilton: Walter R. Brooks
- 15. Interlaken: Rod Serling
- 16. Ithaca: Carl Sagan, Deborah Tall, A. R. Ammons, William Strunk Jr.
17. Lakemont: Paul Bowles
- 18. Newark: Charles R. Jackson
- 19. Ontario / Furnaceville: Jane Roberts
- 20. Port Byron: Clara Barrus
- 21. Syracuse: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, Edward Noyes Westcott
- 22. Pulaski: Claude Bragdon
- 23. Utica: Harold Frederic
- 24. Watertown: Frederick Exley
West
- 25. Allegany / Olean: Robert Lax
- 26. Arcade: Fran Striker
- 27. Batavia: John Gardner
- 28. Brockport: A. Poulin Jr., Mary Jane Holmes
- 29. Buffalo: Al Boasberg, Shirley Chisholm, Leslie Fiedler, Anna Katherine Green, Edward Caleb Randall, Edward Streeter
- 30. Canandaigua: Austin Steward, John Chapin Mosher
- 31. Coldspring: Governor Blacksnake
- 32. Fredonia: Grace S. Richmond, Olive Risley Seward
- 33. Geneseo: Carl Carmer
- 34. Kendall: Anthony Piccione
- 35. Mayville: Albion Tourgée
- 36. Rochester: Susan B. Anthony, Adelaide Crapsey, Algernon Crapsey, Frederick Douglass, Lewis Henry Morgan, Lillian Wald, Edward R. Crone, Louise Brooks, Henry Clune, Arch Merrill
- 37. Rushford: Philip Wylie
