This Father’s Day Give the Gift of a Book!
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Father’s Day approaching on June 17th, it can be challenging to scramble together a last minute gift. What’s a better way to honor your father than with a great field guide he can take on a hike or a historic journey he can immerse himself in before drifting to sleep? Luckily with the help of SU Press you can pick out a great book or two from our list. Whether your dad is nature lover, a sports fanatic, or just loves poetry, we’ve got you covered.
1.) Boldt Castle: In Search of the Lost Story By Paul Malo
2.) From Abbotts to Zurich: New York State Placenames By Ren Vasiliev
For the nature lover:
1.) Walking Seasonal Roads By Mary A. Hood
2.) The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices from the Adirondack Park Edited by William F. Porter, Jon D. Erickson, and Ross S. Whaley
3.) Freshwater Fishes of the Northeastern United States: A Field Guide By Robert G. Werner
4.) Trees of New York State: Native and Naturalized By Donald J. Leopold
1.) The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York, 1865-1913 By Steven A. Riess
2.) Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary By Michael E. Lomax
3.) Moonfixer: The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd By Earl Lloyd and Sean
Kirst
4.) Muscle and Manliness: The Rise of Sport in American Boarding Schools By Axel Bundgaard
5.) Anything for a T-Shirt: Fred Lebow and the New York City Marathon, the World’s Greatest Footrace By Ron Rubin
Forthe NY history buff:
1.) Seven Generations of Iroquois Leadership: The Six Nations since 1800 By Laurence M. Hauptman
2.) The End of the Innocence: The 1964–1965 New York World’s Fair By LawrenceR. Samuel
3.) Monumental New York! A Guide to 30 Iconic Memorials in Upstate New York By Chuck D’Imperio with a Foreword by Senator James L. Seward
For the creative soul:
1.) Gin Before Breakfast: The Dilemma of the Poet in the Newsroom By W. Dale Nelson
2.) Like a Man Gone Mad: Poems in a New Century By Samuel Hazo
3.) Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin By Beth Kaplan
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k on the book image to link to our website. Find the perfect book th
is year for your special dad!
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