 A new title
due in May 08:
Under An Adirondack Influence
The Life of A. L. Byron-Curtiss — 1871-1959
by William J. O’Hern and Roy E. Reehil
6 x 9 – 352 pages – Photos – Index
Cloth – $29.95 – ISBN 0-9743943-4-3
In 1892, at age 21, A. L. Byron-Curtiss arrived in the
Adirondacks to take over a wilderness mission that changed his life. For the next sixty
years, spanning prohibition, the depression and two world wars, a lakeside shanty in the
mountains was his retreat as he became known near and far, as an author, social activist,
preacher, fisherman, drinker, scofflaw, and story teller. Through his extensive writings
and journals, we laugh and cry with the unofficial Bishop of North Lake as he shares his
thoughtful wisdom, humorous stories, unfailing faith, and his passion for life in the
Adirondacks.
Tentative Release Date: Cloth - May 08 |
 An exciting new title due
in Summer 08:
Adirondack Adventures
The Camping Journals and Biographies of Harvey Dunham & Bob Gillespie
by William J. O’Hern and Roy E. Reehil
6 x 9 – 256 pages – Photos – Index
Cloth – $27.95 – ISBN 0-9743943-2-7
What inspired Harvey Dunham to write his classic book Adirondack French Louie? What was it
like to camp, fish and backpack deep into the Adirondacks a century ago? Find the answers
to these questions in the extraordinary photo-journals and biographies of Harvey Dunham
and his friend and mentor Bob Gillespie. Travel by train to Beaver River and then north
along the Red Horse trail in 1919. Wander into French Louie's old haunts in 1924.
Outfitted with tall leather boots, felt caps, canvas tents and pack baskets they journey
to remote mountain ponds, fill their creels with trout and share laughs and fireside
stories. Illustrated with over 100 never before published period photographs. |
 An exciting new title due in
Spring-Summer 08:
Noah John Rondeau's Adirondack Wilderness Days
A Year With the Hermit of Cold River Flow
by William J. O’Hern
6 x 9 – 336 pages – Photos – Index – Map
Cloth – $32.95 – ISBN 0-9743943-7-8
Many of Noah John Rondeau’s journals were written in
an indecipherable code that was said to resemble the "footprints of an inebriated
hen." With the code now broken, the contents of Rondeau's mysterious 1946 journal are
finally revealed in Noah John Rondeau's Adirondack Wilderness Days. The decoded entries
form a timeline through which we get to know the real "Hermit of Cold River."
This is the story of Noah's everyday life, the wilderness he observed, the game he took,
the wood he chopped and the people he encountered. In addition to Noah's journal entries,
letters and reminiscences from friends who visited him at his hermitage provide
adventuresome context and a sense of how much they loved and respected him. Learn about
Noah’s secret code, the reasons he created it and what secrets it contains. |
