Forgotten heroes, little-known facts, important milestones and incredible events from the Adirondack region's rich history...answers to questions like: Who was the first Adirondacker to become a baseball hero?...Who invented the first snow tire?...What hotel was the first in the world to be lit by electricity?

Book of Adirondack Firsts

History

Potter, Joan

Americas

Pinto Pr

Offers a look at African-Americans who achieved major firsts in such areas as journalism, entertainment, the military, and history, noting the dates of each event

African-American Firsts: Famous, Little-Known and Unsung Triumphs of Blacks in America

Politics & Social Sciences

Claytor, Constance

Social Sciences

In their deep sense of family and community, in their faith in themselves, these Adirondack women found the strength to endure and grow in a harsh but beautiful environment. Here are the domestic details, the intimate life of mountain women and their families...what it was like to attend and teach in a one-room, schoolhouse...why horses were better than cars...and how to get a whole chicken into a quart jar! ...plus 34 fascinating photographs!

Growing Up Strong: Four North Country Women Recall Their Lives

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

All the common flora and fauna of the North Country plainly described and beautifully illustrated by Sheri Amsel in 260 drawings; 87 in full color, 173 in black and white. Conveniently arranged with details for each species directly opposite its illustration...Book includes maps with directions to and descriptions of nine nature preserves...Check-off boxes for those who want to keep track of the species they have identified.

The Adirondack Nature Guide

Amsel, Sheri

Travel

An exciting collection of smugglers, thieves and murderers--all operating in the North Country--all being tracked by pros in and outside law enforcement. Seven of these stories have appeared nationally in the Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

After the Summer People Leave: 12 Baffling Adirondack Mystery Stories

Literature & Fiction

Lowe, William T.

United States

Based on a real, little-known event that could have changed history, Congo Jack takes place on the West Indian island of Dominica in 1802 when most of the all-black 900- man British Eighth West India Regiment rose in revolt. It's the story of an actual member of this regiment, an African soldier-slave named Congo Jack. Here is a passionate, moving love story, military action, mutiny, a court-martial trial, and exotic locales. But what makes Congo Jack so compelling is its absorbing theme of redemption, and what Congo Jack must discover about himself and the world.

Congo Jack

Buckley, Roger Norman

Reveals how you can get off the beaten path, see the best of the Adirondacks with your kids and grandparents, too. Discover 23 of the Adirondacks' smaller, less publicized, but incredibly beautiful mountains. All the fascinating tours are described in detail with 84 photographs, 24 "how to get there" maps, and dozens of drawings of the various flora and fauna you'll see on your trips. The back of the book includes diary pages so you can record your trip to each mountain.

Paths Less Traveled: The Adirondack experience for walkers, hikers and climbers of all ages.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

The larger-than-life Adirondack characters you may have read about are still with us, living with gusto and making conventional people uncomfortable. The author dwelled among them, either as a friend or acquaintance, and in telling their stories, tells you his own. Characters and places spring to life with the addition of photographs by noted North Country photographer, Alvin Reiner

The Last Real People: Meet Adirondackers Who Match Their Mountains-- The Tough, Caring, Outlandish Folk of the North Country

Lapointe, Joseph

Reiner, Alvin

The High Peaks may be crowded, but have you discovered these 30 other uncrowded and easily accessible trails and mountains where people of all ages can enjoy themselves? Over 100 photographs and dozens of maps and drawings illustrate the scenic highlights, show you in careful detail "how to get there". Plus a special Mountain Diary is included so you can record the details of each "off the beaten path" journey!

Paths Less Traveled: The Adirondack Experience for Walkers, Hikers and Climbers of All Ages (Enlarged Edition)

Sports & Outdoors

Aprill, Dennis

Hiking & Camping

This vivid historical novel is set in the North Country during the wild days of Prohibition.

Mountain Shadows: An Adirondack Novel Of Courage Danger And Love

Brooks, Patricia Reiss

Literary

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