Download or read book Adventure Guide to the Catskills and Adirondacks written by Wilbur H. Morrison and published by Hunter Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 1995 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than a day's drive from New York, Boston or Philadelphia, there are magical wilderness preserves, teeming with wildlife. Over 5,000 square miles of forests, lakes and mountains, the Adirondacks are among the most beautiful preserves in the world. The Catskills have deep gorges, great waterfalls, forested mountains, and some of the best fishing streams in the state. This guide recounts tales of the early Indians who roamed the forests, the first explorers, and the constant wars among the French and British, then the American colonists, for control of the land. But the book is mainly a guid.