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Adirondack Camp Stories: A Treasury of True Tales, Lore, History, Recreation, and Colorful Characters of the Mountains

Adirondack Camp Stories: A Treasury of True Tales, Lore, History, Recreation, and Colorful Characters of the Mountains - Paperback

by William J. O'Hern
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Availability:In StockContributor:William J. O'HernTheme:Cultural Region/Mid-Atlantic, Cultural Region/Northeast U.S.Publish date:5/16/2026Pages:458
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Forager PressISBN-13:9781733805339ISBN-10:1733805338UPC:9781733805339Book Category:History, Sports & Recreation, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, CampingBook Topic:State & Local, NortheastSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.608Product ID:SC1K6NC1ES

Adirondack Camp Stories is a highly entertaining storybook, with historic pictures, that links readers with early Adirondack camps-from the simplest backwoods shelters to restful boarding houses and hotels that offered comfortable amenities.

There are sporting camp stories, stimulating true tales of remarkable guides and game protectors, accounts of hermits, and camp camaraderie that draw the reader back to an earlier time in the mountains.

It is not necessary to read this book from start to finish, since it is not a continuous narrative, but is the kind of collection of stories that one can pick up and turn to any chapter for interesting insight into mountain life.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Forager PressISBN-13:9781733805339ISBN-10:1733805338UPC:9781733805339Book Category:History, Sports & Recreation, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, CampingBook Topic:State & Local, NortheastSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.608Product ID:SC1K6NC1ES
O'Hern, William J.: - William J. "Jay" O'Hern lives in rural Camden, NY, where he worked as an elementary school teacher for 35 years before retiring. He and his wife, Bette, raised 5 children and now enjoy their many grandchildren.Jay is a graduate of the State Universities of New York at Auburn and at Oswego and did graduate work at both Oswego and the College of St. Rose in Albany.Jay has also worked in the lumber, paper, chemical, and metal fabricating industries. Carpentry, handicrafts, gardening, kayaking, backpacking, snowshoeing, mountain biking, and writing are his hobbies.Jay became a 46er in the 1980s and has been a member of the Adirondack Mountain Club since 1969. He lectured for Adirondack Discovery for 17 years, for Sagamore Lodge in Raquette Lake for 7 years and occasionally for the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake.
Publisher: Forager Press

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