Format and Purchasing Information
Paperback
Where to Buy
- Online:
- The North Country Store
- Stores:
- See List
- Price:
- $20.00
- Dimensions (WxHxT):
- 5.2 x 8.2 x 0.6 in
- Weight:
- 0.8 lbs
- Pages:
- 208
- Illustrations:
- 60
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Publisher:
- Bloated Toe Publishing
- ISBN‐13:
- 978-1939216168
- ISBN‐10:
- 1939216168
Description
The People & Places of the Adirondacks collection contains a variety of story types: original works of hard history, the lives of unusual people, noteworthy accomplishments, groundbreaking inventions, remarkable mishaps, oddities, and humor.
They all have one thing in common: each is rooted in the North Country, defined here as the Adirondacks and foothills. The region’s past is filled with relative or complete unknowns who were, in fact, highly accomplished individuals. Many of the chapters here reveal their stories, which are well worth preserving. Those and others are presented with a purpose that is threefold: to educate, amuse, and entertain.
In this volume…
- Billy Spinner, Weather-Wise Wizard and All-Round Funny Guy
- The North Country: Once a Pot Lover’s Paradise
- The UN is Born—and the North Country Hopes to Host It!
- Driving on Dannemora Mountain: Two VERY Speedy Stories
- Gators in the Adirondacks: A Seven-Footer at Lake Placid!
- KKK Cross-burnings: An Ugly Part of Regional History
- The Amazing Story of Joseph Lonsway, Civil War Hero
- The Ridiculous but True Story of Daylight Saving Time
- Charles Dabney Baker: Mule Savior on the Open Seas
- Charles Jennette: Jilted at 99, but Forever Young
- Bryan O’Byrne: His Star Burned Bright
- Aquaplaning in the Adirondacks: Bored? Grab a Board!
- World Champion Cyclist Harry Elkes: The Glens Falls Shadow
- Youthful Adirondack Heroes: Kids with True Grit
- The Loyalty of Dogs: I’d Swim the Widest Ocean …
- Floyd Bennett: American Aviation Legend
- Furious Fowl Forays: Adirondack Birds on the Attack!
- Fort Ti Movie: A Legend in 3-D
- Mary Hill Johnson: Secretly a Man of War?
- Florence Bullard: A Nurse Like Nightingale
- Whitehall Movie: The Girl on the Barge
- Joel Matteson: Illinois Governor with (no surprise) His Hand in the Till
- Darius Alton Davis: War Hero Without a Gun
- Thomas Burke: Pioneer Hero of the Northwest