Johanna and Robert Titus
Ever wonder if there were Mastodons around these parts say about 20,000 years ago? Or how these quaint towns and villages ended up in the picturesque locations they did – maybe because of a half mile tall sheet of ice making its way toward Manhattan 12,000 years ago? Or just how all of the splendor of the Catkills and Hudson Valley – the peaks and valleys, cliffs and waterfalls - was formed over millions of years.
Learn the answers to these questions and more at The Catskills and Hudson Valley in the Ice Age – a lecture and book signing by Robert and Johanna Titus – this Saturday, August 3rd, at the Roxbury Corner Store from 3-5 pm. The lecture will be followed by a reception and book signing featuring their new book - The Hudson Valley in the Ice Age, published by Black Dome Press.
Robert Titus, PhD, is a paleontologist by training who has done considerable professional research on the fossils of upstate New York. He teaches in the Geology Department at Hartwick College. His previous books—The Catskills: A Geological Guide (3rd edition, 2004), The Catskills in the Ice Age (revised edition, 2003), The Other Side of Time: Essays by “The Catskill Geologist” (2007)—were published by Purple Mountain Press. Johanna Titus, MS, has a degree in molecular biology. She teaches in the Allied Health and Biological Sciences Department at SUNY Dutchess. Robert and Johanna write regular columns for Kaatskill Life magazine, the Register Star newspaper chain and the Woodstock Times.
Yesterdays’ News is located at the Roxbury Corner Store at 53525 State Highway 30, Roxbury, NY, at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets. For more information contact the store at 607-326-6045.
