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Fabend, Firth Haring was born on August 12, 1937 in Tappan, New York, United States. Daughter of James Firth and Elizabeth (Addler) Haring.
(Land So Fair opens in 1737 on a Hudson Valley farm, where...)
Land So Fair opens in 1737 on a Hudson Valley farm, where the family's land, "sought, bought, cleared, planted, harvested, bequeathed, fought over, challenged, confiscated, and laced with bones and blood," is threatened anew each generation. Three strong-minded Dutch-American women, related to each other by marriage, deal with the privations of life in a wilderness community, the deaths of beloved family members, threats to their land by outside usurpers, and a dawning realization that slavery, once considered "necessary," is leading inexorably to tragedy. Troubles within the Dutch church, combined with violent uprisings by slaves, make life a test of endurance, physically, emotionally, and morally.As the struggle for independence from England versus loyalty to the Crown heats up, war erupts, and daily life takes on an ever-more desperate character. A fierce local "civil war" intensifies the looting, plundering, massacre, battles, and treason of the Revolution. In the end, the futility of war is clear when the English commander in chief acknowledges to George Washington in 1783 that the conflict should have ended with the American victory at Trenton seven years before, in 1776."Fabend's evocative prose recreates a vivid New World. A poignant and gripping story, richly researched."
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( The Dutch came to the New World in the seventeenth cent...)
The Dutch came to the New World in the seventeenth century as explorers and traders, but religion soon followed, for it was accepted in the Netherlands that state and church were mutually benefited by advancing the “true Christian religion.” The influence of “Dutchness”—defined here as loyalty to what are presumed to be the distinctive qualities of Dutch national character and culture—persisted in New York and New Jersey for more than 200 years after Dutch emigration ended. Why? Firth Haring Fabend finds the explanation in the devotion of the Reformed Dutch Church membership to the doctrines and traditions of their church. She looks at the individual and personal beliefs and behaviors of this often-neglected ethnic group. Thus, Zion on the Hudson presents both a broad and an intimate look at the way one mainstream Protestant denomination dealt with the transformative events of the evangelical era. As Fabend describes the efforts of the Dutch to preserve the European standards and traditions of their church, while developing a taste for a new kind of theology and a preference for an American identity, she documents how Dutchness finally became a historical memory. The Americanization of the Reformed Dutch Church, Fabend writes, is a microcosm of the story of the Americanization of the United States itself.
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(Firth Haring Fabend finds the explanation in the devotion...)
Firth Haring Fabend finds the explanation in the devotion of the Reformed Dutch Church membership to the doctrines and traditions of their church. She looks at the individual and personal beliefs and behaviors of this often-neglected ethnic group. Thus, "Zion on the Hudson" presents both a broad and an intimate look at the way one mainstream Protestant denomination dealt with the transformative ev
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( Wife, mother, and teacher Margot Delaunoy takes off for...)
Wife, mother, and teacher Margot Delaunoy takes off for a vacation alone at her family's camp in the Adirondacks. But unfortunately, a seemingly gentle young man has gotten there ahead of her. "A taut, suspenseful allegory of evil."—San Francisco Review of Books "For those who like their suspense on the dark side."—Library Journal
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( Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial Americ...)
Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial American family over five generations. The Haring family settled in the Hackensack Valley (on the New York/New Jersey border), where they lived, prospered, and remained throughout the eighteenth century. Fabend looks at how this ordinary family of independent, middle-class farmers coped with immigration, established themselves in a community, acquired land and capital, and took part in the social, political, economic, and religious changes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. As she traces the lives of the Harings and their neighbors, Fabend focuses on their marriage and childbearing patterns, living conditions, agricultural methods, and relative economic position. She investigates inheritance patterns, concluding that the position of women deteriorated under English law. She is equally interested in the political and religious life of the family. The Harings formed a church fitting their Pietist beliefs, and this church became central to community life. Their theology encouraged them to question religious authority, which in turn fostered the questioning of political authority. Their community became a seedbed for revolutionary activity. Fabend examines the family's position in the Revolution--primarily patriot--and the losses they suffered in that conflict. The Harings of colonial America were ideal yeoman farmers, a class that stood well in the social hierarchy of the day. They were industrious, they prospered, and they participated in the civic life of colonial America. But once the new republic formed, they were not very visible. Fabend argues that they maintained their "Dutchness" more consciously than ever after the Revolution, which hindered their full participation in public affairs. In some ways, the fifth and sixth generations were more Dutch than the early generations.
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( Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial Americ...)
Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial American family over five generations. The Haring family settled in the Hackensack Valley (on the New York/New Jersey border), where they lived, prospered, and remained throughout the eighteenth century. Fabend looks at how this ordinary family of independent, middle-class farmers coped with immigration, established themselves in a community, acquired land and capital, and took part in the social, political, economic, and religious changes of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. As she traces the lives of the Harings and their neighbors, Fabend focuses on their marriage and childbearing patterns, living conditions, agricultural methods, and relative economic position. She investigates inheritance patterns, concluding that the position of women deteriorated under English law. She is equally interested in the political and religious life of the family. The Harings formed a church fitting their Pietist beliefs, and this church became central to community life. Their theology encouraged them to question religious authority, which in turn fostered the questioning of political authority. Their community became a seedbed for revolutionary activity. Fabend examines the family's position in the Revolution--primarily patriot--and the losses they suffered in that conflict. The Harings of colonial America were ideal yeoman farmers, a class that stood well in the social hierarchy of the day. They were industrious, they prospered, and they participated in the civic life of colonial America. But once the new republic formed, they were not very visible. Fabend argues that they maintained their "Dutchness" more consciously than ever after the Revolution, which hindered their full participation in public affairs. In some ways, the fifth and sixth generations were more Dutch than the early generations.
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Fabend, Firth Haring was born on August 12, 1937 in Tappan, New York, United States. Daughter of James Firth and Elizabeth (Addler) Haring.
Bachelor, Barnard College, 1959; Master of Arts, Montclair State College, 1980; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1988.
Editorial assistant, National Bureau Economics Research, New York City, 1959-1961; copy editor, Harcourt, Brace, New York City, 1961-1965; special projects editor, Harper & Row, New York City, 1965-1973; writer, historian, editor, Montclair, New Jersey, since 1973.
(Land So Fair opens in 1737 on a Hudson Valley farm, where...)
(Firth Haring Fabend finds the explanation in the devotion...)
( Wife, mother, and teacher Margot Delaunoy takes off for...)
( Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial Americ...)
( Firth Haring Fabend has studied a large colonial Americ...)
( The Dutch came to the New World in the seventeenth cent...)
Fellow The Holland Society New York, Authors Guild.
Married Ernest Carl Fabend, February 12, 1966. Children: Caroline Firth Bartlett, Lydia Elizabeth Fabend.