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Great Camps of the Adirondacks
by Kaiser, Harvey H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 156792073X
- ISBN 13
- 9781567920734
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
David R. Godine, Publisher, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 8x1x11. A short tear and some edgewear to dustjacket. Harvey Kaiser traces the history of the Adirondacks from their first sighting by a European in 1535, through the eras of trapping, iron mining, and lumbering, to the development of railroad and steamboat lines that led to the influx of tourists and the building of the 'Great Camps.' The sixty years from 1870 to 1930 were the heyday of these camps, the Gilded Age of the Adirondacks, and Kaiser give a fascinating account both of the personalities who engineered and financed these fabulous structures and of the buildings themselves...More than forty years after the Depression put an end to this princely life-style, the camps themselves are threatened by the forces of politics and nature. In Great Camps of the Adirondacks, Harvey Kaiser make a strong case for preservation: the obliteration of these remarkable structures would be an irreparable loss not only to our architectural heritage but to every individual to whom they are a resource and an inspiration.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2020022395
- Title
- Great Camps of the Adirondacks
- Author
- Kaiser, Harvey H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 156792073X
- ISBN 13
- 9781567920734
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Publisher
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8x1x11
- X weight
- 46 oz
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