Tales from the Deserted Village (paperback)

This is the first volume in the Deserted Village series about the McIntyre iron works and the Tahawus Club in Newcomb township, Essex County, New York. This volume contains 25 19th century accounts of visitors to the site, starting with David Henderson's discovery in 1826 and ending with an 1896 ghost story by Henry van Hoevenberg of Adirondack Lodge fame. FOR A COMPLETE, EASY-TO-ACCESS, FREE PDF, GO TO http://www.slideshare.net/LeeManchester/tales-from-the-deserted-village

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Publication Date: Sep 29, 2011
Language: English
Category: History
Copyright: All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By (author): Lee Manchester

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McIntyre Adirondac Adirondack Newcomb

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About Lee Manchester

From 2000 until 2006, Lee Manchester was a feature writer and general assignment reporter for the Lake Placid (N.Y.) News. In 2004, Adirondack Architectural Heritage gave Lee its special recognition award for raising public awareness of regional preservation issues. Lee’s award-winning work can be found in two volumes: “Adventures in the New Wilderness,” and “Adirondack Heritage: Travels Through Time in New York’s North Country.” In 2008, Lee won the first Special Appreciation Award ever given at the Adirondack Literary Awards program for his efforts to preserve Mary MacKenzie’s research in “The Plains of Abraham: A History of Lake Placid and North Elba.” Lee has also edited a two-part definitive anthology of 19th and 20th century literature and research on the Tahawus Historic District — also known as “the Deserted Village” — in Newcomb township, Essex County, N.Y. Lee currently works in media relations at Wagner College. Email him at [email protected]

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