The Hudson

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First Edition. 434pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Blue cloth with the title gilt on the backstrip.Very good plus/Near fine. Gentle sunning to jacket's spine. Nice copy of the sixth title in the Rivers of America series. Illustrated by Stow Wengenwroth. The Hudson River is a 315-mile waterway that flows from north to south through eastern New York, eventually forming the boundary between New York City and New Jersey. Known as a "drowned river" or a tidal fjord, its lower half is an estuary where saltwater from the Atlantic Ocean mixes with freshwater from the Adirondack Mountains. Fitzgerald H4.