‘Finding a Woman’s Place’
Book explores bonds forged at an Adirondack feminist collective during the 70s and early 80s in rural Warren County
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Reading in Place: Books to help pass the time
By Melissa Hart
Author/editor John Davis, of The Rewilding Institute spends a lot of time reading, even when it’s not a pandemic. Davis, who lives in Westport, recently shared a list of books of regional interest and/or environmental bent that he’d suggest to neighbors sheltered at home and looking for new ways to pass the time during COVID-19…
Retired DEC scientist wins award for book on reptiles, amphibians
By Phil Brown
The Snake and the Salamander is a wonderfully illustrated book about reptiles and amphibians, by a veteran New York Department of Environmental Conservation herpetologist.
Classic Rock-Climbing History Gets Update
By Phil Brown
The new edition of Yankee Rock and Ice describes Matt Horner’s efforts to repeat a notoriously difficult ice climb called Gorillas in the Mist on Poke-O-Moonshine's cliffs.
Three famous people buried in Adirondacks
By Phil Brown
Syracuse University Press recently sent us one of its new books, Graves of Upstate New York by Chuck D’Imperio. The book provides brief biographies of one hundred notable personages buried in upstate New York, which the author defines as all of the state north of New York City. It also describes how to get to…
‘Adirondack Explorer’ publishes Philip Terrie book
By Phil Brown
The new volume collects nearly sixty essays by an esteemed Adirondack historian.
Unearthing Black History
Svenson’s goal is to shed light on this relatively unmapped corner of Adirondack history.
Sally Svenson reads from her book ‘Blacks in the Adirondacks’
In the November/December issue of the Adirondack Explorer, Phil Terrie reviews Sally E. Svenson’s latest book “Blacks in the Adirondacks: A History.” A subject largely unexplored before now, Svenson’s book tells the stories of blacks who settled in or passed through the Adirondack Park in the 100 years between 1850 and 1950. The book includes…
Accidents In Adirondack Climbing In 2016
By Phil Brown
Each year the American Alpine Club publishes a little book titled Accidents in North American Climbing, on the theory that reading about accidents is one way to avoid them. Usually, most of the reports are from out west or Alaska. Occasionally, an accident in the Adirondacks makes the book. This year, however, a full three…
Authors night at Mountaineer
By Phil Brown
I’m looking forward to gathering with fellow writers for a book signing at the Mountaineer in Keene Valley on Thursday, though I may feel a little out of place among the likes of Russell Banks, Chase Twitchell, Bill McKibben, and Jerry Jenkins. The Mountaineer recently expanded its book department and hopes that Thursday’s book signing…