Mountain Railroads of New York State, Vol. 4: Where Did the Tracks Go in the Catskills?
Michael Kudish received his PhD at the New York State College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. His dissertation, on the history of Catskills forests, was the beginning of a lifelong study; in 2000, Purple Mountain Press publishedThe Catskill Forest: A History. As a professor in the Division of Forestry at Paul Smith s College, he has written four books on the vegetation of the Adirondacks, includingAdirondack Upland Floraand a number of articles on forest history of both the Catskills and Adirondacks. His new book is his sixth on the railroads of New York State.