Volume 1 includes Garrett Cashman: The Birdman of Albany; The Greatest Rescue in Adirondack History; It was Nearly Pok-O-Rushmore; Hats for Horses; An Adirondack Photograph Makes Newspaper History; Lake Champlain Fishing Shanties: Faster than a Speeding Bullet; Catamount Mountain: A Dynamite Movie Role; and much more! 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.