The Adirondacks

by Nathan Farb, Paul F. Jamieson (Photographer)

This collection of photographs captures the natural splendor of the vast tracts of timberland, mountains, lakes, streams, and waterfalls of New York State's Adirondacks

184 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 1991

Reviews

[J.D. Steens · Rating 2 out of 5]

The introduction is an excellent post-colonial history of the Adirondacks where the tension between use/development versus preservation played out in full until the late 1900s when the area was set aside, and largely protected, as a Forest Preserve. Today, the Adirondack Park is the largest of all state and national parks outside of Alaska and is larger than several Eastern states. The pictures are nice, not dramatic; they capture an appealing, quiet, soothing beauty. It's great that there are such places still around.