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The Adirondack Park - A Wildlands Quilt (Paperback, 1st ed) Loot Price: R491
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The Adirondack Park - A Wildlands Quilt (Paperback, 1st ed): Frank Graham Jr, Barbara McMartin

The Adirondack Park - A Wildlands Quilt (Paperback, 1st ed)

Frank Graham Jr, Barbara McMartin

Series: New York State Series

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Long considered one of the most respected authorities on the history and geography of the Adirondack region, award-winning author and conservationist Barbara McMartin focuses on the uniqueness of the forty-four individual tracts that make up the two-and-one-half-million-acre Forest Preserve within the Adirondack Park.

In The Adirondack Park McMartin has aptly likened the various wild forests, wilderness, recreation and primitive areas to a patchwork quilt, with landscapes connecting to jagged boundaries following rivers and narrow valleys.

Sidebars of "views and visits" give readers an insider's advantage to making the most of any Adirondack expedition. With a storyteller's ease, McMartin provides a brief history and description of each area. She chronicles the preserve's unusual origins, people, politics, and economics that created what is now one of the most important wilderness areas in the eastern United States.

Skillfully combining the results of meticulous research and her life-long passion and advocacy for the Adirondack region, she illuminates the story of how the land parcels were pieced together to become the most sought-after and protected acreage in the east. The book is generously interspersed with maps and vivid geographic descriptions of the forest cover, lakes, mountains, and natural and human history.

General

Imprint: Syracuse University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: New York State Series
Release date: June 1999
First published: April 1999
Authors: Frank Graham Jr • Barbara McMartin
Dimensions: 255 x 205 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 108
Edition: 1st ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0567-6
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Conservation of the environment > Conservation of wildlife & habitats > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 0-8156-0567-6
Barcode: 9780815605676

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