For those with a passion for the past, it doesn’t get more hyper-local than these books tracing the history of individual Westchester towns. A history buff? Check ’em out:
â– Bedford (Images of America)
By Shirley Lindefield Blanco and John Stockbridge (Arcadia Publishing, 2003)
â– Irvington (Then and Now)
By Judith Doolin Spikes and Anne Marie Leone (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
â– Larchmont (Images of America)
By Judith Doolin Spikes (Arcadia Publishing, 2003)
â– Remembering Lewisboro, New York (American Chronicles)
By Maureen Koehl (The History Press, 2008)
â– Mount Pleasant, NY (Images of America)
By George Waterbury and Claudine Waterbury/Bert (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
â– Mount Vernon (Images of America)
By Larry H. Spruill, Ph.D. (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
â– New Rochelle (Images of America)
By Barbara Davis (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
â– New Rochelle Through Seven Generations
By C.H. Augur (BiblioLife, 2009)
â– Ossining Remembered (Images of America)
By The Ossining Historical Society (Arcadia Publishing, 1999)
â– Peekskill (Images of America)
By John J. Curran (Arcadia Publishing, 2005)
â– Town of Pelham’s 350th Anniversary Celebration
By Blake Bell (Pelham Weekly, 2006)
â– Pound Ridge (Images of America)
By Richard Major and Vincent Manna (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
â– Rye (Postcard History)
By Paul D. Rheingold (Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
â– History of Rye, Westchester County, New York 1660-1870: Including Harrison and the White Plains Till 1788 (1871)
By Charles W. Baird (Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 1996)
â– Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow (Images of America)
By The Historical Society Inc. (Arcadia Publishing, 1997)