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:
- 207
- Illustrations:
- 65
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Publisher:
- Bloated Toe Publishing
- ISBN‐13:
- 978-1939216144
- ISBN‐10:
- 1939216141
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…
- John Donovan: A Bizarre Burial Case
- A True Civil War Legend: The One-Legged Jims
- Johnny Hayes: Sax Star
- The Civil War Up North: Neighbor Against Neighbor
- Chateaugay the Racehorse: Champion North Country Namesake
- Airdmore: Historic Elizabethtown Campground
- Christmas 1945: Truly Giving from the Heart
- Wreck of the George W. Lee
- Chester S. Lord: Legend of the New York Sun
- James Rood Doolittle: Enemy of Slavery, Friend of Lincoln
- Doris Kenyon: Ausable Forks Movie Star
- Fred Kerslake’s Performing Pigs: Bringin’ Home the Bacon
- Election Fraud: Votes for $5, a Drink, Boots, …
- Eben Rexford: A Song for the Ages
- Charlotte Odlum Smith: A Groundbreaking Feminist
- Lester Archer: Civil War Medal of Honor Winner
- Erwin Eugene Lanpher: What a Wonderful Life
- Dangerous Job: Adirondack Produce Managers Attacked by … Scorpions!
- Adirondack Toughness: They Took a Lickin’ but Kept on Tickin’
- Frank Billings Kellogg: Superstar of Politics on the World Stage
- Eddie “Peg Leg” Jones: A Leg up on the Competition
- Barrage Balloons in the Adirondacks
- The Hindenburg: Its Record Flight Across the North Country
- Richard Whitby: Music to the Ears of Many
- Loafing Outlawed by New York State!
- Climate Change: The Hottest Winter Olympics
- Political Pleas for Our Children and Grandchildren: Nothing New!
- The Chateaugay Tornado of 1856