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Preface |
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Introduction Edward Blankman |
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Part I – Adirondack Characters |
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Introduction |
9 |
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Collection 1 |
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Great Adirondack Guides |
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Introduction |
13 |
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Nat Shepard Lloyd Blankman |
14 |
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My Dad Henry P. Shepard |
15 |
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I Once Knew an Adirondack Guide Henry P.
Shepard |
16 |
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Enjoyment – Giles Becraft Lloyd
Blankman |
20 |
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Slim Murdock and the Guiding Tradition William
J. O’Hern |
21 |
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Sam Dunakin Lloyd Blankman |
25 |
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Jim "Brockie" Dalton, Guide Lloyd
Blankman |
27 |
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George Wendover Lloyd Blankman |
28 |
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George Wendover’s Fun with Greenhorns William
J. O’Hern |
29 |
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Afterword |
30 |
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Collection 2 |
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Old Men of the Mountains |
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Old Lobb of Piseco Lake Mortimer Norton |
33 |
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George Pardee, Sharp Shooter Lloyd
Blankman |
48 |
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Maynard Phelps, the Old Ranger Lloyd
Blankman |
49 |
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French Louie Lloyd Blankman |
51 |
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French Louie’s Life in the West Canada
"Crick" Country William J. O’Hern |
53 |
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French Louie, an American Character Harvey
L. Dunham |
60 |
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Johnny McCullen Lloyd Blankman |
66 |
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Alvah Dunning, Hermit Lloyd Blankman |
69 |
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Alvah Dunning William J. O’Hern |
70 |
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Amaziah D. (Dut) Barber Lloyd Blankman |
85 |
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Will Lewis Lloyd Blankman |
87 |
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Bill Potter Lloyd Blankman |
89 |
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Billy "Moley" Crozier Lloyd
Blankman |
90 |
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Collection 3 |
3 |
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The Conklins of Wilmurt,
a Pioneering North Woods Family |
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Introduction |
93 |
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Henry Conklin Lloyd Blankman |
97 |
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The Conklin Sisters Lloyd Blankman |
98 |
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Merry Go Round Letters Lloyd Blankman |
99 |
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Milo D. Conklin’s Merry Go Round Letter
to his Parents (1901)
Lloyd Blankman |
100 |
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Forest Runes Lloyd Blankman |
101 |
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The Finch-Conklin Feud Lloyd Blankman |
102 |
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The Lost Baby Lloyd Blankman |
103 |
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Roscoe and The Bears Lloyd Blankman |
105 |
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Jack Conklin’s Moonshine Lloyd
Blankman |
106 |
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Raymond Spears Knew Burt Conklin Raymond
Spears |
108 |
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Burt Conklin – The Greatest Trapper Lloyd
Blankman |
110 |
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Burt Conklin’s Christmas Present Lloyd
Blankman |
129 |
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Hunting - or No Horns Lloyd Blankman |
130 |
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Roy Conklin’s Trout Lloyd Blankman |
132 |
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Part II – Adirondack Traditions |
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Collection 4 |
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Frontier Occupations and Recreation |
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Peddlers and Itinerant Photographers William
J. O’Hern |
136 |
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Grotus Reising Lloyd Blankman |
137 |
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Fred Hodges Lloyd Blankman |
139 |
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Berrypicking: The Blueberry Girls Lloyd
Blankman |
142 |
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Gum Picking: A Forgotten Art William J.
O’Hern |
143 |
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Tim Crowley, Spruce Gum Picker Lloyd
Blankman |
147 |
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Loggers Circa 1900 William J. O’Hern |
149 |
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Brush and the Road Monkey Douglas and
Helen Hays |
151 |
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Trappers circa 1900 William J. O’Hern |
154 |
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Ray Milks, Under the Ice Lloyd Blankman |
163 |
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True Fishing Stories William J.
O’Hern |
164 |
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A Mishap on Panther Mountain Stream Mortimer
Norton |
167 |
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Fishing the Turbulent West Canada Creek Mortimer
Norton |
172 |
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Collection 5 |
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Sportsmen’s Camps and Backwoods
Destinations |
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Introduction |
177 |
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Adirondack Foothills Hotels and Tug Hill William
J. O’Hern |
179 |
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St. Nicholas House, An Antiquated Adirondack
Hotel
Lloyd Blankman |
182 |
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Mother Johnson’s Lloyd Blankman |
183 |
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Adirondack Springs Lloyd Blankman |
184 |
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White Lead Lake Lloyd Blankman |
185 |
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Little Deer Lake Lloyd Blankman |
186 |
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Spruce Lake Country, Far Back and Long Ago
William J. O’Hern |
187 |
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Collection 6 |
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The Rural One-Room School |
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William J. O’Hern |
191 |
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Collection 7 |
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A World of Beauty, a Land of Recreation |
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Introduction |
201 |
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A Field of Daisies Anne Marie Madsen |
205 |
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Trip to the Mountains Lloyd Blankman |
206 |
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Bushwhacking William J. O’Hern |
210 |
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Part III – Campfire Yarns |
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The Tales and Recollections of William J.
O’Hern |
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Introduction |
213 |
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Tales from Nat Foster Lodge |
217 |
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A Camp Fire Yarn |
220 |
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A Mudslide on Wolf Mountain |
222 |
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Brownie the Spaniel |
224 |
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Jut the Rosser |
226 |
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Gilroy O’Reilly’s Fish Story of
Historic Proportions |
227 |
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Postscript |
231 |
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Afterword |
233 |
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Profiles of contributors |
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Lloyd Blankman |
235 |
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Mortimer Norton |
236 |
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Harvey L. Dunham |
237 |
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Rev. A. L. Byron-Curtiss |
238 |
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Thomas C. O’Donnell |
239 |
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William J. O’Hern |
240 |
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Acknowledgements |
241 |
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Bibliography |
242 |
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Index |
245 |
