Contributions

  • Schaefer, Paul. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y., New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

58,500 words, Guess

Page Count

234 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100815627327
  • ISBN-139780815627326
  • LibraryThing4794195
  • Library of Congress Control Number96043781
  • OCLC Control Number35620348
and 3 more
  • Better World Books9780815627326
  • Better World BooksP9-CVC-059
  • Open LibraryOL1004079M

Classifications

  • DDC508.747/5
  • LCCQH105.N7 C56 1997

Description

"Verplanck Colvin worked twenty-eight years as the superintendent of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Mountains, one of the last great frontiers of the East."--BOOK JACKET. "This collection of essays - compiled by preeminent conservationist Paul Schaefer - reveals Colvin's many perspectives on the Adirondacks. His writings reflect on outdoorsman's appreciation of the wilderness, with a poet's unerring sense for its beauty."--BOOK JACKET. "One of Colvin's best-known contributions involved sharpening surveying techniques, thus making property boundaries cleared and taxes fairer. And as an early advocate for the preservation of the Adirondacks, he became a force behind passage of the Forever Wild statute of 1885 and the the establishment of the Park itself in 1892."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

SurveyingNatural historyNatural history, united statesAdirondack mountains (n.y.), description and travelSurveying -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains RegionNatural history -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Mountains Region

Places

New York (State)Adirondack Mountains RegionAdirondack Mountains Region (N.Y.)

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