In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and scholars, the travellers and sportsmen, the publicists and bureaucrats, who together have contributed to the wilderness aesthetic.
In this work Terrie offers an assessment of the roles that the Adirondacks have played in American history. He brings to life the scientists and schol...
A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the waterways of the Adirondacks.
A history of small craft used from the earliest times, when water was the only highway, to the 20th century's recreational use of motor boats on the w...
"Contested Terrain" explores the competing understandings of how best to manage this spectacular natural resource. Terrie introduces the key players and events that have shaped the region and its use, from early settlers and loggers to preservationists, year-round residents, and developers. This new edition includes a comprehensive account of the Pataki years, an era of stunning conservation triumphs combined with unprecedented pressures on the region's ecological integrity.
"Contested Terrain" explores the competing understandings of how best to manage this spectacular natural resource. Terrie introduces the key players a...
Richard Timberlake Philip G. Terrie Caroline Welsh
Tells the fascinating story of Jesse Sumner Wooley's rise from his impoverished rural roots to a position of success and prosperity as an artist who illuminated twentieth-century bourgeois American culture through his photography. Including more than one hundred colour and duotone photographs, this book reveals the range of Wooley's work.
Tells the fascinating story of Jesse Sumner Wooley's rise from his impoverished rural roots to a position of success and prosperity as an artist who i...
