The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness

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Macmillan, Sep 15, 1998 - History - 384 pages

His book is a romance, a story of first love between Americans and a thing they call "wilderness." For it was in the Adirondacks that masses of non-Native Americans first learned to cherish the wilderness as a place of recreation and solace.

In this lyrical narrative history, the author reveals that the affair between Americans and the Adirondacks was by no means one of love at first sight. And even now, Schneider shows that Americans' relationship with the glorious mountains and rivers of the Adirondacks continues to change. As in every good romance, nothing is as simple as it appears.

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Contents

IV
1
V
15
VII
37
VIII
67
IX
75
X
87
XII
97
XIII
105
XXII
197
XXIII
201
XXIV
219
XXV
231
XXVI
241
XXVII
259
XXVIII
277
XXIX
285

XIV
115
XV
119
XVI
127
XVII
137
XVIII
149
XIX
155
XX
175
XXI
193
XXX
305
XXXI
313
XXXII
321
XXXIII
335
XXXIV
353
XXXV
355
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About the author (1998)

Paul Schneider is the acclaimed author of Bonnie and Clyde, Brutal Journey, The Enduring Shore, and The Adirondacks, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book. He and his family live in West Tisbury, Massachusetts.