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Adirondack Explorations: Nature Writings of Verplanck Colvin (New York State Series) by and edited by Paul Schaefer; with introductions to selected articles by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Adirondack Explorations: Nature Writings of Verplanck Colvin (New York State Series) about?
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. 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. One of Colvin's best-known contributions involved sharpening surveying technique
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- Author
- and edited by Paul Schaefer; with introductions to selected articles by Norman J. Van Valkenburgh
- Publisher
- [Syracuse, N.Y.]: Syracuse University Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780815627326
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Science, Literary Collections, Nature
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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