The Catskills
"The Adirondacks is a lovely dedication and exploration of the area just a year after President Roosevelt preserved the park." The Sun Community News

Thomas Morris Longstreth (1886–1975) was a famous American author of over 40 books. In 1918 he published "The Catskills"

Longstreth had for many years been acquainted with the several ranges of the Appalachians, had described the Adirondacks and the Catskills, and was no stranger to the wilderness haunts of Eastern America.

"The Catskills" was well received at the time of its publication:

"This informal description of the Catskill region derives a great part of its inspiration and value from the fact that its author has tramped and camped in the mountains for many years, and has made himself familiar not only with the natural features of the Catskills, but with the people of the countryside as well. Mr. Longstreth is the author of a similar book on the Adirondacks." Review of Reviews, 1919

"A charming book, fitted to enhance the enjoyment of all intelligent dwellers or sojourners among these fine hills. It is not a mere guide or reference book but a work worth while as a bit of literature, very pleasant to read, full of humor and incident as well as of solid fact. With all this lightness of touch, the whole work is permeated with the essence of the Catskills, the things that bring over 100,000 visitors every year from Greater New York to rest a while, exercise 'that tired feeling,' and go home rejuvenated.

"The author sets forth all kinds of truth about these mountains. He has walked everywhere among them and almost photographs hill and vale in words. If he talks of their delicate charm he also says that in the dog days, when New York City is hot, the Catskills are hot too. The fact is that the average summer daylight temperatures of the Catskill plateau, where people live, are only about ten degrees lower than those of the city." Geographical Review, 1920

"The Catskills," which is a delectable combination of guide-book and the spirited and enthusiastic travel-book, recalls to New Yorkers and the East generally, the too little recognized fact that the Catskill region, in spite of its nearness, is far from tame and is beautiful with a quality of its own. "Time was when the Catskills were about the only mountain country available for the fortnight vacation," Mr. Longstreth writes in his book. A man with a map in his hand can plunge into as wild a wild as most men want four or five hours after he has left his taxicab in New York.

Works by Thomas Morris Longstreth include:

The Scarlet Force: The Making of the Mounted Police
Great Stories of Canada: The Force Carries On / The True North
The Adirondacks
The Catskills
Reading the Weather
Tad Lincoln the president's son
To Nova Scotia
Understanding the weather
The Silent Force: Scenes From the Life of the Mounted Police of Canada
Knowing the weather
The Lake Superior Country
The Laurentians, the hills of the habitant
Two rivers meet in Concord
Michel of Ironwood
The Force Carries On: The Sequel to "The Scarlet Force"
Knowing the Weather
The Adirondacks: Printed from the 1917 Original
Hideout
The Lake Placid Country Tramper's Guide
Bull Session
The MacQuarrie Boys
The Missouri Clipper, a mountain prep story
In scarlet and plain clothes
Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa,
Mac of Placid
Reading the weather
That Williams Boy
Henry Thoreau,: American rebel
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The Catskills
"The Adirondacks is a lovely dedication and exploration of the area just a year after President Roosevelt preserved the park." The Sun Community News

Thomas Morris Longstreth (1886–1975) was a famous American author of over 40 books. In 1918 he published "The Catskills"

Longstreth had for many years been acquainted with the several ranges of the Appalachians, had described the Adirondacks and the Catskills, and was no stranger to the wilderness haunts of Eastern America.

"The Catskills" was well received at the time of its publication:

"This informal description of the Catskill region derives a great part of its inspiration and value from the fact that its author has tramped and camped in the mountains for many years, and has made himself familiar not only with the natural features of the Catskills, but with the people of the countryside as well. Mr. Longstreth is the author of a similar book on the Adirondacks." Review of Reviews, 1919

"A charming book, fitted to enhance the enjoyment of all intelligent dwellers or sojourners among these fine hills. It is not a mere guide or reference book but a work worth while as a bit of literature, very pleasant to read, full of humor and incident as well as of solid fact. With all this lightness of touch, the whole work is permeated with the essence of the Catskills, the things that bring over 100,000 visitors every year from Greater New York to rest a while, exercise 'that tired feeling,' and go home rejuvenated.

"The author sets forth all kinds of truth about these mountains. He has walked everywhere among them and almost photographs hill and vale in words. If he talks of their delicate charm he also says that in the dog days, when New York City is hot, the Catskills are hot too. The fact is that the average summer daylight temperatures of the Catskill plateau, where people live, are only about ten degrees lower than those of the city." Geographical Review, 1920

"The Catskills," which is a delectable combination of guide-book and the spirited and enthusiastic travel-book, recalls to New Yorkers and the East generally, the too little recognized fact that the Catskill region, in spite of its nearness, is far from tame and is beautiful with a quality of its own. "Time was when the Catskills were about the only mountain country available for the fortnight vacation," Mr. Longstreth writes in his book. A man with a map in his hand can plunge into as wild a wild as most men want four or five hours after he has left his taxicab in New York.

Works by Thomas Morris Longstreth include:

The Scarlet Force: The Making of the Mounted Police
Great Stories of Canada: The Force Carries On / The True North
The Adirondacks
The Catskills
Reading the Weather
Tad Lincoln the president's son
To Nova Scotia
Understanding the weather
The Silent Force: Scenes From the Life of the Mounted Police of Canada
Knowing the weather
The Lake Superior Country
The Laurentians, the hills of the habitant
Two rivers meet in Concord
Michel of Ironwood
The Force Carries On: The Sequel to "The Scarlet Force"
Knowing the Weather
The Adirondacks: Printed from the 1917 Original
Hideout
The Lake Placid Country Tramper's Guide
Bull Session
The MacQuarrie Boys
The Missouri Clipper, a mountain prep story
In scarlet and plain clothes
Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa,
Mac of Placid
Reading the weather
That Williams Boy
Henry Thoreau,: American rebel
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"The Adirondacks is a lovely dedication and exploration of the area just a year after President Roosevelt preserved the park." The Sun Community News

Thomas Morris Longstreth (1886–1975) was a famous American author of over 40 books. In 1918 he published "The Catskills"

Longstreth had for many years been acquainted with the several ranges of the Appalachians, had described the Adirondacks and the Catskills, and was no stranger to the wilderness haunts of Eastern America.

"The Catskills" was well received at the time of its publication:

"This informal description of the Catskill region derives a great part of its inspiration and value from the fact that its author has tramped and camped in the mountains for many years, and has made himself familiar not only with the natural features of the Catskills, but with the people of the countryside as well. Mr. Longstreth is the author of a similar book on the Adirondacks." Review of Reviews, 1919

"A charming book, fitted to enhance the enjoyment of all intelligent dwellers or sojourners among these fine hills. It is not a mere guide or reference book but a work worth while as a bit of literature, very pleasant to read, full of humor and incident as well as of solid fact. With all this lightness of touch, the whole work is permeated with the essence of the Catskills, the things that bring over 100,000 visitors every year from Greater New York to rest a while, exercise 'that tired feeling,' and go home rejuvenated.

"The author sets forth all kinds of truth about these mountains. He has walked everywhere among them and almost photographs hill and vale in words. If he talks of their delicate charm he also says that in the dog days, when New York City is hot, the Catskills are hot too. The fact is that the average summer daylight temperatures of the Catskill plateau, where people live, are only about ten degrees lower than those of the city." Geographical Review, 1920

"The Catskills," which is a delectable combination of guide-book and the spirited and enthusiastic travel-book, recalls to New Yorkers and the East generally, the too little recognized fact that the Catskill region, in spite of its nearness, is far from tame and is beautiful with a quality of its own. "Time was when the Catskills were about the only mountain country available for the fortnight vacation," Mr. Longstreth writes in his book. A man with a map in his hand can plunge into as wild a wild as most men want four or five hours after he has left his taxicab in New York.

Works by Thomas Morris Longstreth include:

The Scarlet Force: The Making of the Mounted Police
Great Stories of Canada: The Force Carries On / The True North
The Adirondacks
The Catskills
Reading the Weather
Tad Lincoln the president's son
To Nova Scotia
Understanding the weather
The Silent Force: Scenes From the Life of the Mounted Police of Canada
Knowing the weather
The Lake Superior Country
The Laurentians, the hills of the habitant
Two rivers meet in Concord
Michel of Ironwood
The Force Carries On: The Sequel to "The Scarlet Force"
Knowing the Weather
The Adirondacks: Printed from the 1917 Original
Hideout
The Lake Placid Country Tramper's Guide
Bull Session
The MacQuarrie Boys
The Missouri Clipper, a mountain prep story
In scarlet and plain clothes
Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa,
Mac of Placid
Reading the weather
That Williams Boy
Henry Thoreau,: American rebel

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BN ID: 2940185840924
Publisher: Far West Travel Adventure
Publication date: 07/24/2022
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Thomas Morris Longstreth (1886–1975) was a famous American author of over 40 books.

The Scarlet Force: The Making of the Mounted Police
Great Stories of Canada: The Force Carries On / The True North
The Adirondacks
The Catskills
Reading the Weather
Tad Lincoln the president's son
To Nova Scotia
Understanding the weather
The Silent Force: Scenes From the Life of the Mounted Police of Canada
Knowing the weather
The Lake Superior Country
The Laurentians, the hills of the habitant
Two rivers meet in Concord
Michel of Ironwood
The Force Carries On: The Sequel to "The Scarlet Force"
Knowing the Weather
The Adirondacks: Printed from the 1917 Original
Hideout
The Lake Placid Country Tramper's Guide
Bull Session
The MacQuarrie Boys
The Missouri Clipper, a mountain prep story
In scarlet and plain clothes
Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa,
Mac of Placid
Reading the weather
That Williams Boy
Henry Thoreau,: American rebel
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