Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk: The Adirondack Letters of George Washington Sears (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780815625940)

"She's all my fancy painted her, she's lovely, she is light. She waltzes on the waves by day, and rests with me at night. But I had nothing to do with her painting. The man who built her did that. And I commence with the canoe because that is about the first thing you need on entering the Northern Wilderness. "--Nessmuk

Thus opened Nessmuk's first commissioned "letter" for Forest and Stream in 1880. For years thereafter, George Washington Sears, under the penname Nessmuk, contributed a glorious series of pieces on canoeing the Adirondacks, exploring rivers and streams, climbing the many mountains and peaks, and chronicling his long relationship with one of the greatest canoe builders, J. Henry Rushton.

These letters brought Nessmuk fame and served to increase the magazine's circulation tremendously. They hold a special place in wilderness writing and unfold in vivid detail the pageantry of the waterways from a bygone era.

Author: Dan Brenan
ISBN-10: 0815625944
ISBN-13: 9780815625940
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1993
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.54w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 01/01/1994