On the third page of Radio Free Vermont, Bill McKibben’s first novel, a Coors beer truck follows detour signs as it enters Vermont from the Crown Point Bridge. At the end of a long dirt road the driver is presented with a bag lunch (made with Vermont … [Read more...] about Radio Free Vermont
Biography / Personal history
The Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Adirondack camp owners and bushwhackers will love this book. And so will people interested in the meaning of extreme solitude—who can tolerate it, who can’t. I’m not talking about the sort of solitude we all appreciate when we have an afternoon or … [Read more...] about The Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
John Apperson’s Lake George
In the pantheon of Adirondack conservation greats, the name of John Apperson Jr. (1878-1963) is not as well-known as it deserves to be. His great-niece, independent scholar and historian Ellen Apperson Brown, has taken a major stride toward … [Read more...] about John Apperson’s Lake George
Murder in the Adirondacks
Infamous murder revisited By Betsy Kepes It’s been over one hundred years since a search party found Grace Brown’s body in the bottom of Big Moose Lake, an overturned rowboat floating nearby. In 1906 the face of the man who walked away from … [Read more...] about Murder in the Adirondacks
The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Town of Chester
The right side of history By Amy Godine The publication of a new book about the Underground Railroad in the Adirondacks, focusing on its supporters and their good work in the Town of Chester in Warren County, rides a high wave of public … [Read more...] about The Underground Railroad in the Adirondack Town of Chester
We Were There: World War II Stories from the Adirondacks’ Greatest Generation
If you’re looking for a book that showcases the beauty, the tranquility, the recreational opportunities to be found in the Adirondacks, don’t get this one. But if you want unvarnished stories from some of the region’s most remarkable, if often nearly … [Read more...] about We Were There: World War II Stories from the Adirondacks’ Greatest Generation