Under an Adirondack Influence
Author: William J. O'Hern
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 356
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life story of Reverend A.L. Byron-Curtiss.
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Perspectives on the Adirondacks
Author: Barbara McMartin
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2007-06-04
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9780815608950
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBarbara 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.
Great Camps of the Adirondacks
Author: Harvey H. Kaiser
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 2003-07
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781567920734
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Contested Terrain
Author: Philip G. Terrie
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780815605706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Wilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference: Wilderness within the context of larger systems
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 322
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKLogging Railroads of the Adirondacks
Author: William Gove
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 2006-01-16
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780815607946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe period of 1890-1950 marked the romantic era of steam power as the rails reached deep into the old growth of the Adirondack woods to harvest the timber crop. In this volume, not only does William Gove provide an in-depth history of railroad activity in the Adirondacks he also describes the logging methods used, the role of railroads in the logging industry, and the influence of the railroads on the condition of the Adirondack forest today. In addition, he addresses the political and economic forces determining the location and viability of logging railroads, villages, and the forest industry.
Adventures in the Wilderness
Author: William Henry Harrison Murray
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
Published: 1869
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilderness Science in a Time of Change Conference
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinslow Homer in the Adirondacks
Author: David Tatham
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHomer's affinity for this remote region of New York State lasted for forty years. No other place - not even Prout's Neck in Maine - held his attention as an artist for so long a period. Nearly every time he set out for the Adirondacks he went to the same two places - the environs of Keene Valley and a group of rustic buildings in a forest clearing in the Essex County township of Minerva, south of the High Peaks.
