New This Month in New York History
New from our Excelsior Editions imprint, The Life and Death of Buffalo's Great Northern Grain Elevator: 1897-2023, by Bruce Jackson, is a stunning visual memorial to Buffalo's architectural and industrial history.
"Bruce Jackson's Great Northern is stunning, both as a work of photography and as an indictment of the public trust gone missing in an American city. The text provides the context for the truth that the photographs reveal: An imposing and beautiful work of nineteenth century engineering was working just as designed and built well into the twenty-first century. Airtight, watertight, resting in a frame of massive steel columns, beams, and trusses—the building was never going to fall down of its own, or nature's, accord. Only venal men could cause that. Over a fall, a winter, and part of a spring, the falsity of the justifications for destruction of this American landmark was painfully evident to anyone who cared to bear witness. Many did. Bruce Jackson has perhaps done it best." — Tim Tielman, Director, The Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, Architecture & Culture
Also new in New York history this April, Progressive New York: Change and Reform in the Empire State, 1900-1920: A Reader, by Bruce W. Dearstyne, is the exciting story of New York in the progressive era told by the reformers and visionaries who shaped its history.
"Offers a trusted reading of one of American history's most important chapters … set inside the state in which many of the most important moments of the era played out." — Lisa Krissoff Boehm, Bridgewater State University
"Makes a good argument for using New York as a lens through which to view many of the important issues of the Progressive Era." — William B. Murphy, SUNY Oswego
Happy reading and come back to see what's new next month!
