Woodstock History and Hearsay
Hardcover
2006 · Woodstock, New York
by Smith, Anita M.
Woodstock, New York: Woodstock Arts, 2006. Second edition, "the art book edition. Hardcover. VG/VG (Few marks from previous gallery owner.). Navy blue cloth boards, blue with color pictorial DJ. 335 pp. 170 BW photo reproductions, 19 color images and 7 maps. An updated second edition, released decades after the first. "Weaves a rich tapestry of oral and documented lore to capture the byplay between hardworking farmers and businessmen, shape-shifting witches and bohemian artists, providing a wonderful behind-the-scenes view of pre-1969 Festival Woodstock." (dj) Contents include: Anita M. Smith biographical timeline -- Introduction -- Early settlement : history, Indian legends and settlers' tales -- Frontier days : Indian forays, revolution and liberty -- Portfolio I : Anita M. Smith's paintings of Woodstock, 1920-28 -- Glass making in the nineteenth century : impetus for Woodstock's growth -- The down-rent war : Catskill farmers rebel against feudalism -- The Byrdcliffe art colony : a utopian dream -- On the Maverick : the first Woodstock festival -- Rosie Magee of Rock City : mother to a generation of artists -- The creative energy of Rock City : home of George Bellows and other leading artists -- Portfolio II : Anita M. Smith's paintings of Woodstock, 1920-28 -- The village grows : from a library to the Art Students League -- Ohayo Mountain : a place that painters and sculptors call home -- Tales of the upper hamlets : the Sugarloaf Mountain witch and other characters -- The Second World War : the community unites to lend a helping hand -- The soldiers' stories : Woodstockers share their war experiences -- Some local personalities : intellectual curiosity thrives in peacetime -- Artists talk about art : projecting into the future -- Woodstockers in service. Memoria ; Second World War. (Inventory #: 130174)