The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region

The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region
Author: Janet A. Null
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1438466684

Finalist for the 2017 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Regional category The Adirondack Architecture Guide, Southern-Central Region provides a professional and insightful survey of the built environment of a unique area within New York's Adirondack Park. This book is the first field guide to the architecture of the Park, revealing the ordinary and the extraordinary, the remarkable buildings by prominent designers, as well as the hidden, unexpected gems few know exist. Based on more than seven thousand miles of fieldwork and years of research, the guide comprises more than seven hundred sites traversing the geographic range, socioeconomic strata, and historical span of the region from the late 1700s to the present. Organized according to clearly marked travel routes and fourteen tours on the ground and on the water, it features detailed maps and coordinates for each site, along with many beautiful photographs. Also included are eleven companion essays drawing on the expertise of professionals, local historians, and Adirondack residents that delve into the what, where, and why people built in the Adirondacks.

The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Town of Chester

The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Town of Chester
Author: Donna Lagoy
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-09-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625857012

The Town of Chester in upstate Warren County, New York, was a secret haven for runaway slaves escaping to Canada along the Underground Railroad. The small Adirondack town holds as many as nine confirmed or suspected sites where fugitives once found shelter. Stories abound of residents discovering secret rooms containing beds and other artifacts within their homes. The first abolitionist pastor of the Darrowsville Wesleyan Church, Reverend Thomas Baker, reportedly hid fugitive slaves in the parsonage. Color photographs and interviews with current residents illuminate the region's hidden history with the Underground Railroad movement. With the support of the Historical Society of the Town of Chester, Donna Lagoy and Laura Seldman reveal these courageous stories of local families who risked everything in the pursuit of freedom for all.

An Adirondack Passage

An Adirondack Passage
Author: Christine Jerome
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN:

The author follows a trip through the Adirondack Park taken a century earlier by George Washington Sears.

Adirondack Wilderness

Adirondack Wilderness
Author: Nathan Farb
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Since its inception as "forever wild" in the 1880s, New York's Adirondack Park has served as a model of conservation for the world. The Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit organization devoted to protecting the diversity of life on Earth and preeminent Adirondack photographer Nathan Farb here team up to reveal feats of nature that the human eye on its own would not perceive. In the tradition of Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter, Farb renders the most miniscule detail as clearly as the grandest vista.

Terror in the Adirondacks

Terror in the Adirondacks
Author: Lawrence P. Gooley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Murder
ISBN: 9780979574139

The complete life story of serial rapist and serial killer Robert F. Garrow. Derived from a variety of sources, the story¿s core is based on 2,000 pages of official court testimony, ensuring accuracy and offering an intimate look at the life of the most feared criminal in the history of the Adirondacks.Included is complete coverage of: Garrow¿s childhood; his multitude of crimes and deviant behavior; his many court appearances; the Speculator, Witherbee, and Fishkill manhunts; his manipulation of the corrections and court systems of NYS; the national maelstrom involving his attorneys; and the repercussions across New York State when his deceptions were revealed posthumously.