The High Peaks of Essex: The Adirondack Mountains of Orson Schofield Phelps
Categories: Books, History, Americas



Dimensions: 6 x 0.25 x 9 inches
ISBN-13: 978-0935796292
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0935796290
Publisher: Purple Mountain Pr Ltd
Print length: 114 pages
Publication date: July 1, 1992
subtitle: Paperback – July 1, 1992
author: Visit Amazon's Orson Schofield Phelps Page search results Orson Schofield Phelps Bill Healy
review: Editorial Reviews About the Author Orson Schofield Phelps (1817-1905) was an extraordinary early Adirondack guide who became a legend in his own time thanks to writers like Charles Dudley Warner. "Old Mountain" Phelps, as revealed here in his long-lost manuscript, was a more complex person than the often-portrayed rustic. His observations may cause several chapters of Adirondack history to be rewritten. Bill Healy divides his working time between selling antiquarian books and exploring and photographing the wild areas of New York State. He has spent most of his life in the book business and for more than a decade sold out-of-print and rare books at Bibliomania, his book shop in Schenectady, New York. His first book, The Adirondacks: A Special World was published in 1986.