Adirondack Wilderness - A Story of Man and Nature

Informationen zum Autor Jane Eblen Keller , a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, is a free-lance writer and historical researcher who during the last ten years has worked for Harvard University, the City of Boston, and the New York State Museum in Albany. Klappentext Greater in area than Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Olympic, Yellowstone, and Glacier national parks combined, New York State's Adirondack Park is the largest public park in the nation. A land of contrasts and paradoxes, loved, feared, exploited, protected, argued over, eulogized, and affected for better or worse by the hand of man for more than 300 years, the Adirondack forests, rivers, lakes, and peaks attract nearly 9 million visitors a year. From the geologic origins and glacial scouring of the region, to Indians, early settlers, and the logging, mining, and tourist industries, Jane Eblen Keller unfolds the dramatic history of the Adirondacks and the men and women who tried to tame the wilderness. The author also recounts how man and nature have interacted with each other in the region, indeed, how our American attitude toward nature shaped Adirondack history. This is a highly readable and amusing introduction to both Adirondack and conservation literature.

Product details

• Authors: Jane E. Keller, Keller, Jane Eblen Keller
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.1980
• EAN: 9780815601500
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0150-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: York State Book; New York State; New York State Series; York State Book
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works