In the Adirondacks: Dispatches from the Largest Park in the Lower 48 Dallos Matt
An immersive journey into the past, present, and future of a region many consider the Northeast's wilderness backyardOut of all the rural areas of the United States, including those in the West, which…
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An immersive journey into the past, present, and future of a region many consider the Northeast's wilderness backyardOut of all the rural areas of the United States, including those in the West, which are bigger and propped up by more pervasive myths about adventure and nation and wilderness and freedom, the Adirondacks has accumulated a well-known identity beyond its boundaries. Untouched, unspoiled, it is defined by what we haven't done to it. Combining author Matt Dallos's personal observation with his thorough research of primary and secondary documents, In the Adirondacks rambles through the region to understand its significance within American culture and what lessons it might offer us for how we think about the environment. In vivid prose, Dallos digs through the region's past and present to excavate a series of compelling stories and places: a