Historical Society

of the Nyacks 

Publications - Order here or purchase at the Nyack Library

Nyack in Black & White - Race Relations over Three Centuries
Recipient of the David Cohen/EMiERT Multicultural Award presented by the American Library Association and an Award Towards Excellence presented by the Lower Hudson Conference of Historical Agencies and Museums
by Carl Nordstrom
360 pages
Published in December, 2005 by the Historical Society of the Nyacks
Carl Nordstrom's story is a suspenseful one, full of surprises, and extraordinarily well written. His research belies the local myth that slaveholders in Rockland County were benign and welcomed emancipation. Going forward through the 19th and 20th centuries, he shows that attitudes of both black and white people persisted on the slave/master model. The explosive center of the book is about the 1967-68 "race riots" in Nyack, which were observed by South Nyack resident Professor Nordstrom firsthand.

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The Nyacks
by the Historical Society of the Nyacks and the Nyack Library
128 pages, Arcadia Publishing of Maine
Published October, 2005
Settled on the Hudson River more than 300 years ago, Nyack has a long and interesting history, a history that has always been defined by the river. The Nyacks portrays that history, with more than 200 stunning photographs from the archives of the Nyack Library.

Nyack in the 20th Century: A Centennial Journal
by the Historical Society of the Nyacks
Published in 2000
155 pages.
Nyack is unique. Its story is different from that of any other community. Nyack stands out from the blur of America suburbia as a town that is physically defined by its very special geographical confines and therefore feels justified in maintaining its very specific personality. Read on... You'll see.

We now have a 7-page index to accompany each book. If you already have a book, just send us a self-addressed envelope with $0.63 in postage and we will mail the new index to you.

To order, please print this out, circle your selections below and mail this to us with a check payable to the
Historical Society of the Nyacks, P. O. Box 850, Nyack, NY 10960. Indicate your name, address, phone
and e-mail address below or on reverse.

 
Price
 NYS Tax
S & H
Total
The Nyacks $19.99 $1.60
$3.00
 $24.59
Nyack In Black & White $16.00 $1.28
$3.00
 $20.28
Nyack in the Twentieth Century $27.50 $2.20
$3.00
 $32.70

 

 

 

 

Members apply !0% discount to Price, then add appropriate tax and s&h.
Order all three books at the same time for $68.57 (Price $63.49, tax $5.08, S&H waived).
Questions? E-mail questions@nyackhistory.org