Author Talk: “The History of the Hudson River Valley from Wilderness to the Civil War”

Building on the work of historians, author Vernon Benjamin deftly synthesizes primary and secondary sources to create a complete and vivid portrait.  “If you are looking for one solid, all-purpose history of the Hudson Valley, this is it”. J. Winthrop Aldrich, Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation, Ret. NY S Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation.