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Q & A with Woodstock Town Historian, Richard Heppner

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin

Last winter, when I caught the history bug while writing The Pocket Guide to Woodstock, I discovered the town’s best attic, more properly known as the Historical Society’s archives housed upstairs in the Town Hall building. There’s a table where … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln as the Catskill Eagle

Posted on February 23, 2012 by admin

“Embedded in the narrative of Moby-Dick is a metaphysical blueprint of the United States. Melville fills the book with telling similes and metaphors that allow a story set almost entirely at sea to evoke the look and feel of America … Continue reading →

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