| Description |
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; stereo; region 1. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Russ Harris. |
| Credits |
Produced, directed and written by Tom Simon; editor, Sak Costanzo; director of photography, Peter Nelson; music by Michael Bacon; executive producer, John Grant. |
| Note |
"Distributed by PBS home video"--Container. |
| Summary |
A look at one of the largest parks in America, with 6 million acres that is divided between privately owned land and protected wilderness. Features the history, landscape, and the Adirondacks of today. |
| Contents |
Spring essay, Rafting the Hudson -- Arts in the Adirondacks -- Paul Smith and his legacy -- Carl Heilman, wilderness photographer -- Summer essay, The great camps -- Adirondack cuisine -- The call of the loon -- Fall essay, Adirondack style -- Old forge, 90 miler -- Climb every mountain, the Forty-Sixers -- Wild center -- Winter essay, Sanitariums & Saranac Lake -- Lake Placid Olympics -- Logging -- Contested terrain. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Adirondack Park (N.Y.) -- Description and travel.
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Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- History.
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Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
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Wilderness areas -- New York (State) -- Adirondack Park.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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| Added Author |
Simon, Tom.
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Harris, Russ.
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WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.)
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Working Dog Productions (United States)
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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| ISBN |
0793694132 |
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9780793694136 |
| Standard No. |
841887009140 |
| Music No. |
ADIR601 WNED |
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