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An Adirondack Passage: The Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp

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I loved this book on several levels. For one, it was short and simple and every word was right. For another, I have read many paddle trip narratives such as Running the Amazon by Joe Kane and Water and Sky by Alan Kesselheim. They also talk about the adventure and the surrounding history. But this is in a class by itself, a gentle canoe trip, if you will, taking on the amenities and lack of them in the nation's biggest park east of the Mississippi. I have only been to the Adirondacks a few times and been impressed by their beauty. But when I go back, and I hope I do, I will know so much more.

Christine Jerome not only covers the trips of G. W. Sears through the Adirandack but she covers the rich history of the region in detail. An excellent book for more than the canoe enthusiast.

What a great book! We spent a week kayaking the Adarondacks and a wonderful day at the Adarondack Museum. In it was the tiny little boat the Sairy Gamp. It sparked my interest to learn of George W Sears travels. Reading Christine Jerome's version of his and her travels was a joy to read. If you love camping, paddling and history you will love how she intertwines modern water travel with the 1800's and G.W. Sears writings.
cathy

I came to know the work of Christine Jerome as a gift from her late husband John. For years John Jerome has been one of my favorite authors. While not, unfortunately, widely read; he remained true to his own voice. In many of his books he mentions his wife Chris, and with John gone I felt compelled to get to know Chris better, through her work. I am so glad I did. This is a fine, wonderful book. I hope to see more from Christine Jerome. Perhaps a biography of John.

I had a copy of this book, which I read over and over, then lent to someone.....gone. I recently kayaked in the Raquette Lake area, and had to read Christine Jerome's descriptions along with her stories of Nesmuck as I paddled through this fabulous area. Jerome has an amazing way of interweaving her experience on these waterways with the history, geography and culture of George Washington Sears' time. This is a 'must read' for anyone wanting to add depth to a paddling experience in the Adirondacks.

An Adirondack Passage is a sweet, gentle introspective account of the author's recreation of the voyage of the Sairy Gamp, a boat and journey well known to Adirondack canoeists. Jerome has no bones to pick and her simple yet perceptive descriptions of the people and landscapes she encounters are a fair reflection of the Adirondacks as they really are. Possibly she makes a little too much of the challenge of this route - after all these waters are traversed by hundreds if not thousands every season - but then again, Jerome is admittedly an inexperienced paddler. I've covered these routes multiple times both alone and with my father. An Adirondack Passage transported me back effortlessly to those happy days.