Download or read book Frontiersmen of the Adirondacks written by Cyrus Durey and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every large or small community both of civilized and barbarous men has its traditional heroes. The memory of some one person or other who in his time stood out sharply from his fellows is preserved by them in tradition or by the written word often with fantastic embellishments of his person or his acts. We Americans know too little of the doings of the people of past generations who lived their lives in our several localities. These pioneers selected land for their farms and bore the hardships of an isolated and primitive life with the wild beasts always and the Indians often as enemies. They finally fought a war with their kinsmen across the seas to establish their right to live their own lives in their own way without interference from the homeland. They made a new government that has served as a model for the entire world since. This knowledge is vague enough with most of us but it is so generally diffused that it unifies the country in the consciousness of a common origin, a common surmounting of dangers and a common destiny. When this knowledge is supplemented by adequate information concerning the history of country, state and their subdivisions down to the story of the neighborhood's traditional hero, the patriotic reaction is deeper; resulting from the knowledge of these old time individuals' doings that have a far-reaching effect on posterity for different reasons.
Download or read book The Adirondacks written by Paul Schneider and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book A History of the Adirondacks written by Alfred Lee Donaldson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Loyalists in the Adirondacks written by Marie Danielle Annette Williams and published by History Press. This book was released on 2023-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the outbreak of the Revolutionary War to the summer of 1777, Loyalists and Patriot forces wove their way through the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks, vying for land and control of the key waterways of the Hudson River, Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River and the New York Harbor. The majority of New Yorkers, particularly those who occupied the Adirondack Mountain Region and other wilderness frontier regions, were either Loyalist or neutral throughout the war. Their stories, motivations and actions are often overlooked out of a false impression that most colonists were unifed in favor of American independence. Author Marie Williams recounts the harrowing efforts, battlefield endeavours and conflicted hearts and minds of the forgotten British and Loyalists during the revolutionary era in the Adirondacks.
Download or read book The Black Woods written by Amy Godine and published by Three Hills. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In August 1846, abolitionist Gerrit Smith revealed his intent to parcel out 120,000 Adirondack acres to three thousand black New Yorkers to enable them to win the right to vote through property ownership. This book is the story of this so-called grant, the actuality of the lives of the new homesteaders in the North Country of the Adirondacks, and the legacy of their experiences"--
Download or read book A History of the Adirondacks written by Alfred Lee Donaldson and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forever Wild written by Philip G. Terrie and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and scholars, the travellers and sportsmen, the publicists and bureaucrats, who together have contributed to the wilderness aesthetic.
Download or read book Contested Terrain written by Philip G. Terrie and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work shows how expectations about land use, combined with interactions with nature have defined the Adirondacks. Outlining the disputes for the control of the land, the author introduces the key players from the residents, landholders, to preservationists and developers.
Download or read book Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks written by Marie Danielle Annette Williams and published by Lightning Source. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valle
Download or read book Adirondack People and Places written by Donald R. Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archival photographs and text describe the history, social life and customs of the Adriondack Mountain region in New York.
Download or read book Adventures in the Wilderness Or Camp life in the Adirondacks written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventures in the Wilderness, Or, Camp-Life in the Adirondacks by Harry Fenn, first published in 1869, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Download or read book The Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks written by Marie Danielle Annette Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively history of the American Revolution explores the combat that took place in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, sparsely populated and bitterly divided. Although the only major campaign in the region would end at the Battle of Saratoga, factional raiding parties traversed the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks throughout the war. Sir Christopher Carleton led groups of Loyalists, Hessians and Iroquois in successful attacks along Lake Champlain, capturing forts and striking fear in local villages. Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant led a motley band of irregulars known as “Brant’s Volunteers” in chaotic raids against Patriot targets. Marauding brothers Edward and Ebenezer Jessup brought suffering to the very lands they had purchased years before in Kingsbury, Queensbury and Fort Edward. In this volume, historian Marie Danielle Annette Williams chronicles these and other stories of the Revolutionary War in the Adirondacks.
Download or read book The Adirondacks written by Thomas Morris Longstreth and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adirondacks written by Seneca Ray Stoddard and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adventures in the Wilderness written by William Henry Harrison Murray and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Adirondacks written by Edward [From Old Catalog] Bierstadt and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a photographic exploration of the Adirondack Mountains, capturing their unique beauty and charm. The images are accompanied by text describing the region's history, ecology, and attractions, making it a comprehensive guide to one of America's most beloved wilderness areas. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Adirondack written by Stephen Sulavik and published by Fleischmanns, N.Y. : Purple Mountain Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents the early history, based on contemporary accounts and maps, of the Adirondack and Iroquois Indians and the Adirondack Mountains"--Provided by publisher.
