Blogs in August 2016

Learning to Fly: A Season with the Peregrine Falcon 1st August 2016

Naturalist and U.S. Air Force pilot P.H. Liotta spent an unforgettable season in the Adirondacks attempting to bridge the chasm between man and nature by teaching orphaned falcons to fly. And he found that in mastering flight, falcons, like...

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Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral 1st August 2016

“Outside my window, the city lights are taking hold now, the breeze-brushed, gently pulsating grid. Why is a cemented aggregate of homes arranged in a tall, tight cluster any further from nature than one wood home within the woods?...

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Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness 1st August 2016

Many have dreamed of building a cabin in the wilderness and living there alone in the solitude of a region that is far from civilization. Here is the unusual story of a young wildlife ecologist who has done just...

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Two in the Far North 1st August 2016

This enduring story of life, adventure, and love in Alaska was written by a woman who embraced the remote Alaskan wilderness and became one of its strongest advocates. In this moving testimonial to the preservation of the Arctic wilderness,...

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Seneca Falls Inheritance 1st August 2016

In the small town of Seneca Falls, New York, history was in the making. And so was murder… Amidst the bustle of the Women’s Rights Convention of 1848, the independent, free-thinking town librarian Glynis Tryon is called on by...

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