"Clune has packed his account with legend and fact. He writes as a journalist-historian—but he has studied the river from the viewpoint of the geologist, the industrialist and the artist."—New York Times Book Review
Description
Henry W. Clune lived his entire life in Rochester, New York along the Genesee River, much of which he spent chronicling the area in his weekly column Seen and Heard. His firsthand experience with the river and reporting in Rochester, meshed with local folklore and compelling historical fact, flourishes into a unique tale of the region in The Genesee.
Clune brings to life the vibrant stories of the “Jersey Leaper” Sam Patch, the “White Woman of the Genesee” Mary Jemison, bare-knuckle fighter John L. Sullivan, fish hatchery inventor Seth Green, and the Letchworth and Wadsworth dynasties, all in the midst of valuable history and a knowledgeable geographic perspective.
About the Author
Henry W. Clune was born in Rochester, NY in 1890. For nearly sixty years his "Seen and Heard" column appeared in Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle.
Robert Koch taught English at the Rochester Institute of Technology and is dean emeritus at the University of Rochester, where he directed the Writers Workshop for fifteen years.
April 1988