Saturday March 27th 2010 @ 1pm
Amsterdam collector, Gerald Snyder, and City Historian, Robert von Hesseln will be signing copies of their book, Amsterdam: A Postcard History. The Book Hound, located at 16 Main Street in historic downtown Amsterdam, will have copies available for you to purchase.
AMSTERDAM: A POSTCARD HISTORY by Gerald Snyder and Robert von Hesseln uses vintage post cards to tell the story of how a small Upstate New York trading village of the 1700s parlayed its position astride critical waterways during the westward expansion of the early 1800s to become an industrial powerhouse: America’s foremost rug-making center, the “Carpet City”, seventh largest city in the most populous state in the Union and “Gateway to the Mohawk Valley”. How turnpikes, canals, and railroads rapidly changed an isolated rustic settlement of cheap land and abundant waterpower into an urban manufacturing center, doing business worldwide. How successive waves of Dutch, German, Yankee, Irish, Italian, East European, and other immigrants were drawn to it, some to become millionaires, some millworkers; all to leave their own mark on this “City on a Hill.” And what became of that city when the mills closed. This is the story of an American Dream created, lost, and still pursued on what was once the American frontier.
Click here to find out from our friend Dan Weaver the top 12 Reasons to Buy Amsterdam: A Postcard History.
