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Adirondack Mountain Club, 2021-04-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Adirondack Mountain Club, 2021/04/01. Paperback. Good. Condition: Used - Good (note: Pages clean, binding tight. Scarce copy.); Title: Views From On High: Fire Tower Trails in the Adirondacks and Catskills [Paperback] John P. Freeman and Jim Schneider; Description: Extensively revised in 2021, this popular hiking guide to fire tower trails enables hikers, history buffs, and others fond of Adirondack and Catskill trails to visit and learn about 30 historic fire towers. Detailed trail descriptions are accompanied by numerous photographs and maps as well as an essay about these structures written by historic preservationist Wesley H. Haynes. A new chapter, Beyond the Blue Line, by tower aficionado Jacob C. (Jake) Wilde, describes 13 additional fire towers, three of them demonstration towers. The book is written by John P. (Jack) Freeman and Jim Schneider. The years since the first edition have seen what Jim Schneider refers to as fire tower fever, a sweeping enthusiasm that has helped prompt… Read More