Historical Sketches of Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness - Softcover
For lovers of New York's Adirondack Mountains there is no more satisfying reading than this collection of 33 short essays on as many different regions and historical incidents of the North Country, written and first published more than a century ago.
The author covers a wide territory and deals with incidents over a great time span. There are stories about Champlain, Cartier and other early explorers, about the Indians and about the early trappers and settlers. Nat Foster, Sir William Johnson, Joseph Bonaparte and John Brown all make appearances. There are chapters on Tryon County, Smith's Lake, the High Peaks, Indian Pass, Lake George, the Manor of Willsboro and on the Chazy, Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers, and much more.
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Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester was born in the hamlet of Denmark in Lewis County ans studied law in Lowville. He was admitted to the bar at Oswego in 1852. In 1846 he founded the Lewis County Democrat, a newspaper published at Lowville until 1916. In 1866 he was appointed judge of the U.S. Circuit Court and moved to Troy. It was here that he wrote and published his respected histories of Saratoga, Ulster and Rensselaer Counties. He died in 1894.
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- PublisherHarbor Hill Books
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0916346005
- ISBN 13 9780916346003
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages316
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Book Description green & white illlustrated trade paperback soft cover 8vo. fine cond. binding square & tight. spine uncreased. faint spot on rear cover. edges clean. contents free of markings. first printing (nap) of this facsimile reprint edition. nice clean vintage copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~. b&w frontis. portrait (Samuel de Champlain). 316p.+ ads. index. american history. new france. canadian history. british empire. american revolution. history of new york. american indian history. iroquois confederacy. folklore. biography. mythology.~ For lovers of New York's beautiful Adirondack mountains there is no more satisfying reading than this collection of 33 short essays on as many different regions and historical incidents of the North Country, written and first published a century ago. The author covers a wide territory and deals with incidents over a great time span. There are stories about Champlain, Cartier and other early explorers, about the Indians, the early trappers and settlers, and personages such as Nat Foster, Sir William Johnson, Joseph Bonaparte and John Brown. There are separate chapters on the High Peaks, the Indian Pass, Lake George, the Manor of Willsboro, the Chazy, Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers, Tryon County, Smith's Lake, and much more. As pointed out in a Little Falls Evening Times review " . there is no attempt at continuity in the book, which may be a strength rather than a weakness, as the reader may open it at any chapter and interest himself with a fresh story . " Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester was born in the village of Denmark, Lewis County, studied law at Lowville and was admitted to the bar at Oswego in 1852. He founded in 1846, and edited for two years, the Lewis County Democrat a newspaper published at Lowville till 1916. In 1866 he was appointedjudge of the U. S. Circuit Court and moved to Troy and it was here that he wrote and published his pioneer histories of Saratoga, Ulster and Rensselaer counties. He died in 1894. The North Country in which he grew up was Sylvester's first love and he knew the wilderness as few others. It was therefore no coincidence that "Historical Sketches", his first book, was devoted to the region of his youth. "This reprint makes available once more a standard source of North Country history, and a volume that is eminently readable, in the mildly romantic tone of 19th century local history". (From a review in "New York History", the Quarterly of the New York State Historical Association.). Seller Inventory # 1312404
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