The Adirondacks
A History of America's First Wilderness
by Paul Schneider
416 pages - Photos - Illus. - Paperback
 Journalist
Schneider has written a poignant, insightful history of New York State's Adirondack
region. He relates the history, life and lore of the scenic mountains and lakes from the
region's earliest inhabitants (the Iroquois) through the advent of Henry Hudson (1609),
the Revolutionary War, abolitionists (John Brown), 19th-century homesteaders, Hudson River
School artists, tuberculosis patients to Melville Dewey's Lake Placid Club, the Adirondack
Mountain Club, and the present environmental conservation efforts. Schneider duly records
that this once wild and untamed region has accommodated the likes of Wil Durant, Paul
Smith, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and
Presidents B. Harrison, Coolidge, Hoover, and T. Roosevelt. It is now up to our present
legislators, he notes, to preserve what remains.
Product Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Owl Books
ISBN-13: 978-0805059908
Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
Our Price: $16.95
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First Person It has been said
the word Adirondacks has a magical property, a quality that attracts people. Schneider's
THE ADIRONDACKS is a good introduction to Adirondack history. Each easy-to-read chapter
satisfies one's initial interest and opens the door to more in-depth historical reading.
An ideal primer.
- Paul Schneider
Mrs. O.C. Tuttle, white-tail deer hunter. Moose River Plains
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