Friday Favorites: February 8
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This week, I had the fun experience of chatting (by e-mail) with Kent resident George Whipple III, a self-described Putnam County historian whose family has owned farmland here for a long while. He is also a Wall Street attorney and an entertainment reporter for NY1 with his own Web site, Whipple’s World. With his varied career, I hoped to learn he had an interesting book collection on his shelves. I am glad to report I wasn’t disappointed at all.
First on his reading list is “Gotham : A History of New York City to 1898,” by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace, which talks about New York’s Indian tribes and the consolidation of the five boroughs into what we know as New York today. The book won the Pulitzer Prize and I understand that Burrows is working on a new book that tells the history into current times.
With his others choices, Whipple further shows his clear interest in learning about history, architecture, farming and all things New York.
Whipple’s reading list:
•”Carmel,” a postcard history of Putnam’s largest town, which he wrote and we talked about in The Journal News. (He is working on one about Kent which is due out soon.)
•”Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels,” by Jill Jonnes. Check out her Web site about the book and experiences writing it.
•”Breeds of Cattle,” published in 1987 with full-color photographs and descriptions of more than 30 breeds of bulls and cows. A second edition is due out soon, says TRS Publishng Corporation.
•”Barn,” the 1992 book by Alexander Greenwood, David Larkin, Elric Endersby and Paul Rocheleau — a historic guide to the architecture and significance of the barn.
Not everyone’s reading list, for sure, but some fascinating suggestions.
Thanks George!
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