Have you considered teaching NYS history from factual sources rather than fictional ones? Just a thought...

Greg Furness

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¤From: Lester Hendrix [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
¤Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 21:56
¤Subject: Re: NY STATE NOVELS
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¤The Massacre, John J. Vrooman, Baronet Litho Company,
¤Johnstown, 1954 (1690
¤Schenectady massacre)
¤Smokefires in Schoharie, Don Cameron Shafer, Longmans Green
¤and Co., New
¤York & Toronto, 1938 (Palatine settlement of Schoharie Valley
¤through the
¤end of the Revolution)
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¤From: "Tom Baker" <[log in to unmask]>
¤To: <[log in to unmask]>
¤Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:22 AM
¤Subject: NY STATE NOVELS
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¤> Folks--
¤>
¤> I have been hired to teach a one-semester New York State
¤history course at
¤> the university level for this coming fall term.  In hopes of offering
¤> students a variety of sources from which to work, I'm looking for
¤teachable
¤> novels about the state, but preferably ones that are not
¤solely about New
¤> York City.  Any suggestions?
¤>
¤> Tom Baker
¤> soon-to-be Assistant Professor of History, SUNY-Potsdam
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