The Great Forest of the Adirondacks
The Great Forest of the Adirondacks

Author: Barbara McMartin

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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"An unprecedented and brilliant combination of economic, political, and natural history." --Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk
Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk

Author: Dan Brenan

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 1993-08-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780815625940

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"She's all my fancy painted her, she's lovely, she is light. She waltzes on the waves by day, and rests with me at night. But I had nothing to do with her painting. The man who built her did that. And I commence with the canoe because that is about the first thing you need on entering the Northern Wilderness. "—Nessmuk Thus opened Nessmuk's first commissioned "letter" for Forest and Stream in 1880. For years thereafter, George Washington Sears, under the penname Nessmuk, contributed a glorious series of pieces on canoeing the Adirondacks, exploring rivers and streams, climbing the many mountains and peaks, and chronicling his long relationship with one of the greatest canoe builders, J. Henry Rushton. These letters brought Nessmuk fame and served to increase the magazine's circulation tremendously. They hold a special place in wilderness writing and unfold in vivid detail the pageantry of the waterways from a bygone era.

Tree-culture in New Zealand
Tree-culture in New Zealand

Author: Henry John Matthews

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13:

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"The continued development of the colony and the rapid extension of settlement has increased the demand for timber to such an extent that the question of forest tree planting for future supplies has been forced upon the attention of the people, who are fully prepared to support systematic government action ... it has now been decided to assist settlers by supplying information in regard to all subjects connected with the raising and planting of trees, whether for ornament, shelter, or as a source of timber supply for the future, and with this object in view the present volume has been compiled for the use of settlers ..." -- Preface.