Wild Northern Scenes


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Guides of the Adirondacks


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Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk


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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.




The Extraordinary Adirondack Journey of Clarence Petty


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The biography of an Adirondack legend whose tireless efforts are credited with much of today's preservation policies in the Adirondacks.




The Adirondack Kids


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Justin Robert is ten years old and likes computers, biking and peanut butter cups. But his passion is animals. When an uncommon pair of common loons takes up residence on Fourth Lake near the family camp, he will do anything he can to protect them.




Forest and Crag


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How John Norton the Trapper Kept His Christmas


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John Norton the trapper is sitting alone in a log cabin lit only by firelight. He is reading an old Bible and has come across the part where the imminent birth of Jesus is announced by the angels. His only company is two hound dogs who are sitting by the fire with him. He reads the well-known passage to the hounds and then says to them, "Pups, this be Christmas Eve, and I sartinly trust ye be grateful fur the comforts ye have."




An Autobiography


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