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Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2003 Issue

2000: The Future has Arrived

By Mike Stillman

It’s a cold winter’s night in London, December 14, 2000, when the author boards “Postal Packet 162.” 162 will be flying the overnight mail run from London to Quebec this frigid evening. The sky is mostly cloudy but calm over England, but they hit heavy turbulence over the North Atlantic. No problem. The experienced crew handles it with ease and the flight arrives a few minutes early to its destination in Quebec.

This is, of course, a flight of fantasy. There is no “Postal Packet 162.” The author had been dead for 64 years by the time of this imaginary flight. There ...

The Catskill Mountains and the Region Around By the Rev. Charles Rockwell

A review and perspective
By Bruce McKinney

Just when I decide I don’t know as much as I think I find I know even less. For this epiphany I can thank the Rev. Charles Rockwell, Dutch Dominie of...

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Rare Book Monthly Reviews - August - 2003 Issue

2000: The Future has Arrived

The Catskill Mountains and the Region Around By the Rev. Charles Rockwell

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