The Adirondack Atlas: A Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park (Paperback)
Jerry Jenkins
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Because a good picture can be worth a thousand words, or quite possibly ten thousand, as demonstrated by the detailed, high quality graphics packing every page of Jenkins' book, his "Adirondack Atlas" (which is ever so much more than an "atlas") truly can be said to contain volumes of fascinating, up-to-date, accurate and pertinent information on our incomparable six-million acre "forever wild" forest park. Indeed, this one model reference book captures in its 267 pages an amount of information equivalent to that found in a small library of the best available books on Adirondack history, politics, geography, geology, ecology and natural history, and then adds considerable information and highly readable interpretation that can be found in no other published work. It is a miracle of a book, the work of a stunning and accomplished intellect.
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By David Foster
Format:Paperback
The United States warrants a series of environmental atlases that provide the geographical, historical, cultural, and ecological information necessary to understand, appreciate, and conserve our natural hertitage. Unfortuantely, we lack these for almost every region. However, in this simply outstanding volume on the Adirondacks Jerry Jenkins has set the standard for any and all future work. An unrivaled natural historian with an unusual quantitative and technical ability, Jerry has produced a volume that will inspire, inform, and motivate everyone into deeper understanding, contemplation, and action. Bill McKibben's foreword suggests that this will become a "most-thumbed book on one's shelf": mine is well on its way.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Great graphics, tremendous research, a treasure trove for "data miners" from all spectrums of science - ecology, climatology, sociology, forestry, geology, etc. Once you read this book you will understand the Adirondacks far better than most life-long residents of the region.
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Beautiful
I love this book. It really is just an atlas. I was hoping for a bit of history, but the graphics and info really make up for it. The authors did a great job with this book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Matthew
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Amazing amount of detailed information
This volume provides the researcher and casual browser with just about anything one might want to know about the Adirondacks. Read more
Published on December 16, 2010 by O2BNLG
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Awesome atlas!
The title says it all. This is a great Atlas. Contains everything you would possibly ever want to know about the Daks.
Published on December 27, 2009 by dark energy
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An Amazing Analyses Of The Adirondack Park
This amazing atlas contains a very detailed geographic portrayal of the largest protected are in the lower 48 states; the Adirondack Park. Read more
Published on August 21, 2006 by Martin A Hogan
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Adirondack Atlas great for Adirondack Attic research
Jerry Jenkins and Andy Keal do a great job covering the entire spectrum of the Adirondack Park, which I find helpful when doing research for my books, "New York State's Mountain... Read more
Published on August 6, 2006 by Andy Flynn
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The Adirondack Atlas: A Geographic Portrait of the Adirondack Park
Very informative book - a wealth of current knowledge. A pleasure to pick up in spare moments to read a bit and expand my knowledge of this great park. Read more
Published on September 3, 2005 by ChipperWannaBe
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