"The finest general Adirondack history yet written, the book to which all subsequent accounts will have to refer."—New York Review of Books
"Provides an insightful framework through which we can hear the many voices debating the past, present, and future of the Adirondacks. If any one book is to be read on the Adirondacks, this is it."—New York History
"A new, fresh, and useful interpretation of how various individual groups of people have perceived, interacted with, and affected this huge forested and mountainous area."—Journal of Historical Geography
