Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks, and Handbook of Travel to Saratoga Springs;


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Hardcover reprint of the original 1882 circa 1876 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Wallace, E. R. (Edwin R.). Descriptive Guide To The Adirondacks, And Handbook Of Travel To Saratoga Springs; Schroon Lake, Lakes Luzerne, George And Champlain; The Ausable Chasm; The Thousand Islands; Massena Springs, And Trenton Falls. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Wallace, E. R. (Edwin R.). Descriptive Guide To The Adirondacks, And Handbook Of Travel To Saratoga Springs; Schroon Lake, Lakes Luzerne, George And Champlain; The Ausable Chasm; The Thousand Islands; Massena Springs, And Trenton Falls, . Syracuse, N.Y., W. Gill, 1882 circa 1876. Subject: Adirondack Mountains N.Y. Guidebooks







Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks


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Excerpt from Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks: Land of the Thousand Lakes and to Saratoga Springs; Schroon Lake; Lakes Luzerne, George, and Champlain; The Ausable Chasm; Massena Springs; And Trenton Falls The Great Wilderness of New York is generally known either as the north woods or as the adirondacks, according to the view taken of its topography. The for mer title indicates merely a wild, densely wooded district; the latter, a region occupied by all the varied scenery of a most remarkable lake and mountain system. The one may have been the baptismal offering of a botanist; the other of a geologist. We can easily understand how stran gers, or the more sordid of the trappers and hunters, may speak of 7715 North Woods but the more intimately cultivated tourists become acquainted with its wonderful diversity of characteristics, the more instinctively they think and talk oft/ze Adirondacks. And if our State authorities will but wisely take counsel Of this increasing host, and continue the good work already inaugurated, the science of geography will soon add to its vocabulary, this euphonious designation Of one of the world's popular resorts the new york state adirondack park. Foreigners will then find in the name itself - while perusing Th Amerimn T aurist's Guide - a suggestion of a fitting place for a few weeks' rest after their wearisome Atlantic trip, and of a happy prelude of thought and feeling before they visit the western prairies and the national yellow stone park! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks, and Handbook of Travel to Saratoga Springs


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"Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks, and Handbook of Travel to Saratoga Springs; Schroon Lake; Lakes Luzerne, George and Champlain; The Ausable Chasm; The Thousand Islands; Massena Springs, and Trenton Falls " is a helpful guide to the great wilderness of north-eastern New York. This area, known by some as the North Woods, and by others as the Adirondacks, is vast yet conquerable - as long as one has the right handbook at their side. It is this book aims to be that guide, a perfect accompaniment to those that seek adventure in nature and want to explore the bounty of the natural world within the United States' borders. The text is divided into several sections, each with a specific type of natural obstacle that the adventuring reader might encounter, in which geographic commonalities, possible navigation tips, and hazards to watch for are detailed. All of the falls, lakes, ponds, rivers, gorges, mountains, routes, and wilderness resorts the explorer of the Adirondacks might come across are detailed in this book; the text leaves no area untouched and explores each foot of nature found in this part of the world for the reader to use to their advantage. In addition to the massive amount of information compiled within these pages, the handbook also boasts over forty illustrations to help guide the reader to better understanding of the areas and obstacles found in the Adirondacks. "Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks, and Handbook of Travel to Saratoga Springs; Schroon Lake; Lakes Luzerne, George and Champlain; The Ausable Chasm; The Thousand Islands; Massena Springs, and Trenton Falls " is a great read for hikers, adventurers, and would-be mountain men. The text is very approachable and the information within is explained well enough for novice explorers to understand. Timeless in its approach, this guide is perfect for anyone traveling in North Eastern NY today or used as a vehicle to understand the historic approach to mountaineering and backpacking as it developed over the last hundred years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Descriptive Guide to the Adirondacks


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A Not Too Greatly Changed Eden


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In August 1858, William James Stillman, a painter and founding editor of the acclaimed but short-lived art journal The Crayon, organized a camping expedition for some of America's preeminent intellectuals to Follensby Pond in the Adirondacks. Dubbed the "Philosophers’ Camp," the trip included the Swiss American scientist and Harvard College professor Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, the Republican lawyer and future U.S. attorney general Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, the Cambridge poet James Russell Lowell, and the transcendental philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, who would later pen a poem about the experience. News that these cultured men were living like "Sacs and Sioux" in the wilderness appeared in newspapers across the nation and helped fuel a widespread interest in exploring the Adirondacks.In this book, James Schlett recounts the story of the Philosophers’ Camp, from the lives and careers of—and friendships and frictions among—the participants to the extensive preparations for the expedition and the several-day encampment to its lasting legacy. Schlett’s account is a sweeping tale that provides vistas of the dramatically changing landscapes of the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century. As he relates, the scholars later formed an Adirondack Club that set out to establish a permanent encampment at nearby Ampersand Pond. Their plans, however, were dashed amid the outbreak of the Civil War and the advancement of civilization into a wilderness that Stillman described as "a not too greatly changed Eden." But the Adirondacks were indeed changing.When Stillman returned to the site of the Philosophers’ Camp in 1884, he found the woods around Follensby had been disfigured by tourists. Development, industrialization, and commercialization had transformed the Adirondack wilderness as they would nearly every other aspect of the American landscape. Such devastation would later inspire conservationists to establish Adirondack Park in 1892. At the close of the book, Schlett looks at the preservation of Follensby Pond, now protected by the Nature Conservancy, and the camp site’s potential integration into the Adirondack Forest Preserve.