The Hudson River Valley: A History and Guide, from Saratoga Springs to New York City

xviii, 236 pp. From Saratoga Springs to New York City. Ponies and performing arts at Saratoga, including the revamped National Museum of Racing. Old Masters at the exquisite Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, Early American masterworks and paintings of the Hudson River school at the Albany Institute of Art, furniture and handcrafts at the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, and natural history at the Museum of the Hudson Highlands. Walking and driving tours of historic Hudson, Kingston, Cold Springs, and Nyack, and the rolling farmland of Dutchess and Columbia counties. A celebrated view from the site of the once-famed Catskill Mountain House. America's "Loire Valley"--the magnificent riverfront estates of the Roosevelts, Vanderbilts, Livingstons, and others--some only recently opened to the public. Plus dozens of bed and breakfasts, inns, restaurants, farm stands, and antique shops recommended by those who know the Valley best--the people who live there."