Majestic Nature of the North

Steven A. Walton is Associate Professor of History at Michigan Technological University. He is the author and editor of several books, including Wind & Water in the Middle Ages: Fluid Technologies from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Michael J. Armstrong is retired Senior Vice President of Operations for U.S. News & World Report and former President of the Chapel Restoration, Wharton's first architectural commission, in Cold Spring, New York.

• List of IllustrationsA Note on TranscriptionPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations IntroductionSteven A. Walton 1. Thomas Kelah Wharton’s Autobiography 2. New York and the Hudson Valley, 1832–1834 3. Return to the Northeast, 1853 4. Biographical Register Appendix Known Works by Thomas Kelah Wharton NotesIndex

"This extensive selection from the personal journals of Thomas Kelah Wharton offers rich rewards to anyone delving into its engaging pages … The editors deserve great credit for having made this important source of historical information widely available." — New York History"The great contribution of The Majestic Nature of the North is that it presents a nuanced and human perspective on the more mundane concerns of life in this period … those interested in the Hudson River Valley will appreciate Wharton's stunning descriptive passages as well as the many beautiful sketches included in this volume." — Hudson River Valley Review"This book is unique. Wharton is not a major figure in art, architecture, or education, although he did all three. However, Wharton does give us a view from a potential 'social-riser' during a period when the United States was full of opportunities. His interactions in the nineteenth-century New York art world and, twenty years later, life in New Orleans on the eve of the Civil War, unveil the role of social networks in both regions." — Thomas S. Wermuth, author of Rip Van Winkle's Neighbors: The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, 1720–1850