new york (state)

Type: 
Topical Term
Subfield: 
z
Alias: 
new york (state)

Portrait of a burger as a young calf

the true story of one man, two cows and the feeding of a nation
2002
The author shares the story of what happens in the lives of farm animals, from conception to possible consumption, through his observations of twin calves he purchased from the dairy farm where they were born, and provides insights into the dairy and beef industries.

The sweet hereafter

a novel
1992
Explores a small community's response to the loss of fourteen children in a school bus accident.

Rule of the bone

a novel
1996
The story of a troubled fourteen-year-old boy who, upon leaving an abusive homelife, lives on the edge of society, struggling to find himself.

The church of dead girls

a novel
1998
Panic mounts in the sleepy little town of Aurelius, New York, after three young girls vanish, one after another, and soon it seems that no one is immune from suspicion.

The crucible of ferment

New York's "psychic highway"
2001

Waiting for Deliverance

2000
In 1783, orphaned fourteen-year-old Livy and her cousin Ephraim are taken in by a woodsman and his family, including a young Seneca man who changes Livy's attitudes toward the Indians she was raised to hate and fear.

Breaking ground, breaking silence

the story of New York's African burial ground
1998
Describes the discovery and study of the African burial site found in Manhattan in 1991, while excavating for a new building, and what it reveals about the lives of African-American people in Colonial times.

Foxfire

confessions of a girl gang
1993
During the 1950s, five high school girls in upstate New York form a gang called Foxfire.

Soldiering

the Civil War diary of Rice C. Bull, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry
1977

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - new york (state)