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Outdoor Books To Read For People Who Like Outdoor Things (and Reading)

Here is an extensive collection of books about all things outdoors that was curated by people who love all things outdoors!  This list is a work in progress. If you have a favorite title that you don’t see listed, leave it in the comments and we will add it!  Happy reading Outsiders! Here is Mike’s …

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Book Review: Among the Cloud Splitters: Place Names of High Peaks Wilderness Area

The Adirondack High Peaks region in New York State is riddled with history.  In fact, Theodore Roosevelt was on the summit of Mount Marcy when he learned he needed to come to Buffalo, NY to become president in the wake of President McKinley’s assassination and death.  But do you know why it is called Mount …

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Book Review: Color Remote: Bushwhacking the Adirondack Mountains

On the surface, “Color Remote: Bushwhacking the Adirondack Mountains” by Erik Schlimmer, is a beautiful coffee table book full amazing photographs of nature. My wife’s first reaction was “This is gorgeous!”  If you quickly thumb through the pages, you will see things you might expect like mountains, wildflowers, streams, lakes and birds.  But to really …

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By david adamec - Own work, Public Domain

Book Review: Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage

Brian Castner, the author of “Disappointment River“, is a fellow whitewater raft guide in Western New York. I have never known an author (in real life) or have read a book written by a friend until I met Brian. The closest has been a book written by a professor I was forced to buy. Reading …

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Book Review: Secret Places: Scenic Treasure of Western New York and Southern Ontario

Secret Places: Scenic Treasure of Western New York and Southern Ontario By Bruce Kershner ISBN-10: 0840391234 ISBN-13: 978-0840391230 Secret Places: Scenic Treasure of Western New York and Southern Ontario is a book written by a local author, Bruce Kershner.  Kershner was an environmentalist, author, high school biology teacher and forest ecologist in Western New York. Mr. Kershner was a renowned …

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