Author: William J. O'HernPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The life story of Reverend A.L. Byron-Curtiss.
Under an Adirondack Influence
Author: William J. O'HernPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The life story of Reverend A.L. Byron-Curtiss.
Perspectives on the Adirondacks
Author: Barbara McMartinPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815608950
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Barbara McMartin narrates the history of Adirondack environmental policy in depth, beginning with the 1970 formation of the Adirondack Park Agency, set up to regulate private development and to oversee the planning of public terrain. Although hailed as the most innovative land-use legislation of its time, it ignited a wildfire of controversy, creating a landscape of conflict. Park residents protested. Government stood firm. Over the decades, disparate groups have sought to shape an effective program to protect Adirondack wildland but cannot seem to work together. This is the first comprehensive account of that ongoing drama: a stirring story of the environmental movement, public action, and government failure and success.
Hides, Hemlocks and Adirondack History
Author: Barbara McMartinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780932052995
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A largely forgotten history is brought to life in this well researched book.
Great Camps of the Adirondacks
Author: Harvey H. KaiserPublisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567920734
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
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.
Adirondack Portraits
Author: Jeanne Robert FosterPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815602057
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Adirondack Portraits: A Piece of Time is a moving poetic statement about the Adirondack wilderness and the people who fought the mountains’ relentless environment to settle there at the end of the nineteenth century. The book is also about the remarkable Jeanne Robert Foster (1879–1970). Born in poverty in the Adirondacks, as a young woman she emerged in the center of the literary and artistic circles of her day, an associate of Ford Madox Ford, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and the Yeatses, father and son. Adirondack Portraits gives us a glimpse into the early life of Jeanne and some of the influences that helped her step from a harsh physical existence into the unforgettable world of New York, Paris, and London in the 1920s. Above all, her poems and prose pieces are, in the words of Alfred Kazin, “an attempt to recover a vanished time, to record with love and admiration and enduring wonder a life of hardship, endless exertion, and perhaps above all, the kind of isolation that used to dominate country life in America.”
Contested Terrain
Author: Philip G. TerriePublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815605706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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.
Adventures in the Wilderness
Author: W. H.H. MurrayPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493081187
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Known as the “Father of the Outdoor Movement,” William HH Murray’s writings have been appreciated by generations of readers looking to nature as an escape from our daily lives as well as a portal to our past, perhaps none more so than his classic Adventures in the Wilderness: Or, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks. Published in 1869 and widely hailed as the first book on recreational camping ever published in America, this groundbreaking resource informed readers how to live in the woods: what equipment to bring, where to set up camp, how to cook, fish, and hunt, and most importantly insights on the profound connections to be made between humankind and the outdoor world around us. Besides introducing readers to the great outdoors, the book would go on to lay the foundation for the conservation movement. With a Foreword by Laura Rice, the Chief Curator of the Adirondack Experience Museum, this edition of Adventures in the Wilderness revisits Murray’s timeless tips and stories of north country camping with modern-day context and clarity, showing that the profound power of nature has only grown.
Adirondacks
Author: S. R. StoddardPublisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 1557090890
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
This heavily illustrated tour guide to the Adirondacks region was originally published in 1874. Stoddard, professional photographer and native of upstate New York, provides witty descriptions and practical information for visitors.
Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference
Author: Proceedings RMRS.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description