Conklin, Henry. THROUGH "POVERTY'S VALE": A HARDSCRABBLE BOYHOOD IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, 1832-1863. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1974. 1st edition. 253 pp., yellow printed wrappers. Edited with and introduction by Wendell Tripp. An account of pioneer life in upstate New York, beginning in Schenectady, moving to Schoharie, and eventually to Herkimer County in the Adirondack foothills. Light wear; very good.