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Treasure of Watchdog Mountain : the story of a mountain in the Catskills by Alf Evers is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Treasure of Watchdog Mountain : the story of a mountain in the Catskills about?

This is the story of the struggles and survival of one mountain and how it has been affected by those who live on and around it. Although it focuses on New York States Hudson Valley, the tale is applicable to many parts of the country where mountains were seen as opportunities for exploitation, where wilderness gave way to settlements. Written for children, it is also a book enjoyed by adults because of its poetic language and penetrating ideas. The fictionalized version of what happened to one mountain (fashioned after Overlook, the Catskill peak most often painted), it spans the time from its geological birth to today. It covers the first encounters between Indian and European, the beaver trade, the growth of such American industries as glassmaking, tanning, quarrying, deforestations, the emergence of the Hudson River "School," the attempts to clean up the mountains streams, new challenges and what plants and animals now live there. Throughout, the profile of a "watchdog" as part of the mountain is a visual statement -- as if the mountain itself offered nature and man protection from total devastation. The story about the beaver is especially touching as we learn how Indian chil

Author

Alf Evers

Publisher

Woodstock, NY: Woodstocker Books/Arthur Schwartz & Co

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781879504196

Subjects

Children'S, Nature, Fiction