Adirondacks: Views of an American Wilderness

by Bill McKibben (Photographer)

"In most places, human beings dominate the picture. But in a few spots...nature rules unchallenged." So writes Bill McKibben in his uplifting introduction to "Adirondacks," a book that reveals nature's glory, and the unique give and take between people and wilderness in the vast Adirondack Park.
Bigger than the Grand Canyon, Glacier, Yellowstone, and Yosemite National Parks combined, the Adirondack Park contains a stunning array of mountains, wildlands, forests, rivers and lakes, waterfalls, and deep gorges. Photographer and Adirondack resident Carl Heilman has traveled from the foothills to the highest peaks in all seasons to photograph the park's natural wonders, its flora and fauna, and the myriad variations of light and weather that make each trip to the region a new experience.
Favorite sites such as Lake George are here, along with secret bogland lakes, and the spectacular mountaintop views that are only experienced by the most intrepid hikers. "Adirondacks "demonstrates the beauty of nature's gifts-- and serves as a testament to the power of the people who protect them.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published June 12, 1999

About the author

Bill McKibben is the author of Eaarth, The End of Nature, Deep Economy, Enough, Fight Global Warming Now, The Bill McKibben Reader, and numerous other books. He is the founder of the environmental organizations Step It Up and 350.org, and was among the first to warn of the dangers of global warming. In 2010 The Boston Globe called him "probably the nation's leading environmentalist," and Time magazine has called him "the world's best green journalist." He studied at Harvard, and started his writing career as a staff writer at The New Yorker. The End of Nature, his first book, was published in 1989 and was regarded as the first book on climate change for a general audience. He is a frequent contributor to magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Orion Magazine, Mother Jones, The New York Review of Books, Granta, Rolling Stone, and Outside. He has been awarded Guggenheim Fellowship and won the Lannan Prize for nonfiction writing in 2000. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College and lives in Vermont with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and their daughter.

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Reviews

[Edmund Davis-Quinn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book about a beautiful place I read and browsed through at the library. Making me look forward to seeing Lake George, NY next week.