{"product_id":"wild-forest-lands-philip-g-terrie-9780815611882","title":"Wild Forest Lands: Finding History and Meaning in the Adirondacks","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Adirondack Park stands alone as one of the largest publicly protected areas in the United States, a constitutionally protected forest preserve with a provision guaranteeing that it must be \"forever kept as wild forest lands.\" But, just what does \"wilderness\" mean today and how can the concept be untangled from the colonial implications of the term as it first applied to the Adirondacks? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart memoir, part New York history, and part meditation, \u003ci\u003eWild Forest \u003c\/i\u003eLands ponders on the rhetorical and spiritual meaning of the Adirondack \"wilderness.\" Terrie revisits the literature and history of the region, reckoning with how his views on the places he has defended have evolved over time. Rich with detail, Wild Forest Lands grapples with the enduring power of the Adirondacks and what it truly means to preserve something that is, by nature, wild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip G. Terrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815611889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815611882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Philip G. Terrie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46807217635583,"sku":"9780815611882","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71fa14b6-e884-4ac6-b76e-76496c58a0f9.jpg?v=1745378856","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wild-forest-lands-philip-g-terrie-9780815611882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}