WOODSTOCK: EVERYDAY HISTORY
Richard Heppner
CreateSpace, 2015, $19.95
Town Historian Heppner's sixth book sidesteps "highlights" history to celebrate everyday lives. So instead of the usual wars and presidencies, we get gems like Sarah MacDaniel Cashdollar—stranded in town by the Blizzard of `88—accessing her buried Overlook Mountain home via an ironing board slipped through an upstairs window, or a 1922 "Swim-In" protesting the City of Kingston commandeering Sawkill water, darker chapters on slavery (yes, in Woodstock) and a local murder, a tribute to legendary historian Alf Evers, and the evanescent town stoplight. Appearing 12/12 at 4pm, The Golden Notebook, Woodstock; 12/19 at 1pm, Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center, Mt. Tremper —NS
