Adirondack High: Images of America's First Wilderness [Hardcover]

Hardie Truesdale (Author), Joanne Michaels (Author), Elizabeth Folwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 21, 2005

A new and stunning book of photographs and essays from the photographer and writer of last year's Hudson River Journey.

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About the Author

Hardie Truesdale's photography has been represented by galleries across the country. National Geographic Books, the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, Mohonk Preserve, and The Nature Conservancy have all featured his work. He is the photographer of Countryman's Hudson River Journey (with Joanne Michaels). He lives in Gardiner, New York. Joanne Michaels is the author of six books, including Hudson River Journey (with Hardie Truesdale), The Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains: An Explorer's Guide and Let's Take the Kids: Great Places to Go with Children in New York's Hudson Valley. She is also the host and producer of The Joanne Michaels Show, a regionally syndicated cable television program. The former editor-in-chief of Hudson Valley magazine, she lives in Woodstock, New York. Elizabeth Folwell is editor-at-large of Adirondack Magazine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press (June 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881506745
• ISBN-13: 978-0881506747
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,554,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly amateur, August 27, 2005

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Zachary Handler "adk expat." (minneapolis, mn) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adirondack High: Images of America's First Wilderness (Hardcover)

I am disappointed by this book. I am left with the impression that the photographer simply didn't spend enough time in the woods. Some of the photos are quite stunning, but the majority of them are not. The lengthy captions only add to this impression. They often try to excuse lackluster images by lamenting the difficulty of the hike, the fact that his equipment malfunctioned, and how the weather didn't cooperate. Those are things anybody who's taken a hike with a camera has experienced. As a professional, his job is to spend the long hours to get perfect shots, discard the imperfect ones, and then not moan about how difficult the whole process was. It is also disappointing, to someone who knows the Adirondacks well, that the photographer limited his outings to the most accessible and popular summits. The views from these summits are wonderful to experience first hand, but as published photographs they border on cliché.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another beautiful pictorial of the Adirondacks, August 5, 2005

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Phyllis L. Wells "local church historian" (Plattsburgh, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adirondack High: Images of America's First Wilderness (Hardcover)

I didn't read much of the test, but the pctures were spectacular. They are on a par with some other photographers.

Again, I bought this for Special Collections at our local college. They are very pleased to have it.