Book review: True tales recount close calls, tragedies in Adirondacks

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Book review: True tales recount close calls, tragedies in Adirondacks

Sunday, April 20, 2008

By John Rowen

A new book, "At the Mercy of the Mountains," contains essays of misadventures in the Adirondacks, covering more than two centuries....

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