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The Adirondack Book: A Complete Guide by: Elizabeth Folwell, Neal S. Burdick |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4750443 EAN: 9780936399744 ISBN: 0936399740 Label: Berkshire House Pub Manufacturer: Berkshire House Pub Number Of Pages: 378 Publication Date: 1996-06 Publisher: Berkshire House Pub Studio: Berkshire House Pub Browse for similar items by category:
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 Rating:  - A Skewed and Limited GuideHaving spent much time in the Adirondacks, and with a child at school in Saratoga Springs, I was extermely disappointed with the scope of information in this "complete guide". While the historical, geographical and quasi-scientific narrative that Ms. Folwell has compiled is interesting, the information that a traveler/vacationer/tourist (especially one who's new to the area) would need is sorely lacking. The meager information that is available is unusually skewed toward what seems to be the author's limited personal taste in facilities, activities and likes. Apparently, Ms. Folwell does not like hotels or resorts, since most of them (and there are several in the Adirondacks) were glaringly missing from this book. Also ... Read More: Rating:  - A good book for visitors new and oldThe Adirondack Book is written with a heart for the place it describes, and with a nose for just the right level of detail. The author is clearly a native of the area, with an understanding of its people and its ways, and this shows in her tack on nearly everything she wrtes. Her descriptions of many of the events and places are dead on, and good information is given to the reader about how to find said place or event, and how to find out more information about the subject. Her asides in particular (for example, short essays about blackflies, wildlife, and hypothermia) are well written and dead on target, great advice for the traveler. Finally, she resists speaking overly much about the many topics, and this is a good thing: a book fully describing ... Read More: Rating:  - interesting anglesOk, I like to shop when I travel, so I was pleased (make that delighted) to see lots of quirky stores owned by artists and crafters listed in the Adirondack Book. Their stuff was good, not tacky or touristy. And when I go shop, I like to stay in interesting places and eat at restaurants where an actual chef prepared the meal I found that info in the Adirondacks book with more detail than Fodor's, etc. |
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