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A History of the Adirondacks

Author : Alfred Lee Donaldson
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 37,83 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN :

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Forever Wild

Author : Philip G. Terrie
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 23,5 MB
Release : 1994-08-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780815602880

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In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and scholars, the travellers and sportsmen, the publicists and bureaucrats, who together have contributed to the wilderness aesthetic.

The Adirondack Park

Author : Frank Graham, Jr.
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 26,76 MB
Release : 1991-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815601920

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High Peaks

Author : Tim Rowland
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 13,88 MB
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1625843763

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The unique geological history of the Adirondacks can be found in a pebble. So discovers humorist and outdoorsman Tim Rowland as he chronicles the evolution of hiking in the howling wilderness of the High Peaks. From nineteenth-century guides random scoots to Melville Deweys Adirondaks Loj to todays technologically enhanced weekenders, Rowland, who has climbed the forty-six himself, incorporates personal anecdotes and laugh-out-loud wit to capture the appeal and beauty of this beloved region, all the while reminding us of the importance of keeping these stunning mountains, and their attendant neat rocks, Forever Wild.

Contested Terrain

Author : Philip G. Terrie
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815605706

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This work shows how expectations about land use, combined with interactions with nature have defined the Adirondacks. Outlining the disputes for the control of the land, the author introduces the key players from the residents, landholders, to preservationists and developers.

Great Camps of the Adirondacks

Author : Harvey H. Kaiser
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 44,7 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781567920734

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The author does a thorough job in explaining the beginnings of rustic architecture and why it has a permanent place in the culture. The mix of social background and the history of the early Adirondack camps provides a designers guidebook.

Guides of the Adirondacks

Author : Charles Brumley
Publisher : North Country Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,2 MB
Release : 1994-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780925168368

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No profession in the last two centuries has had a more romanticized image than the Adirondack guide. Stories, interviews and a list of guides fill this volume.