The Ancient Adirondacks

Time-Life American Wilderness Series

by Lincoln Kinnear Barnett

Time-Life Books wonderful photographic account of the ancient Adirondacks with absorbing text.

Genres: Nature, Nonfiction, Travel

184 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1974

Reviews

[Dee Renee Chesnut]

The Ancient Adironacks has been in my home library since we subscribed to this Time-Life American Wilderness series.
I enjoyed the pictures before, and I had not read the text written by Lincoln Barnett. I enjoyed his descriptions of hiking trails through mountainsides and gorges, and the white-water rafting trips. Reading the descriptions may be better than the actual experience because the reader does not have to contend with black flies and deer flies.
I recommend this book to arm-chair travelers. The information is likely to be out of date for current travelers.

[Denise Spicer]

184 pages. Has Index, Bibliography, and Acknowledgement and Credits. Has map. Lots of pictures of flora, fauna, topographical features that may be considered visually impressive but also seem quite repetitious. Six Chapters with text of descriptions of local areas and occasional conversations with local residents. It doesn't seem to offer anything for the general reader, and actual scientists/scholars would presumably prefer more scholarly works. Drawback minimal to no picture captions. Mention of Robert Louis Stevenson and Mark Twain, as well as Adirondack Museum. and ice ages.

[David Bellangue]

This entire series has inspired me to go out and enjoy the natural world.

[David Fandel]

Time-Life American Wilderness Series