The Heart of the White Mountains

Book

Museum of the White Mountains

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

MWM2010.0001.2561

Description

This is a fiction book about exploring, hiking and camping in the White Mountains. It tells many tells of New Hampshire and White Mountains history, culture and folk lore. It is accompanied by various illustrations by the same artist. Physical Description: Dark green colored, hard cover. Title and the word "Illustrated" on front cover but in different fonts. The title is bordered by black liines with purples flower blossoms on it. A silouhette of mountains is in the background in gold coloring. On the spine the title, author, illustrator and publisher's name along the side. Edges of covers are angled.

Collection

Dan Noel Collection

Acquisition

Accession

MWM2010.0001

Source or Donor

Dan Noel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Dan Noel

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Native peoples, Wives, Camp life, Excursions, Camping, Hiking, Campfires, Frontier & pioneer life, Explorers, Exploration

Search Terms

Franconia Notch (Grafton county, New Hampshire : valley), Washington, Mount (Coos county, New Hampshire : mountain), Tuckerman Ravine (Coos county, New Hampshire : valley), Bartlett (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Conway (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Jackson (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Wolfeboro (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Center Harbor (Belknap county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Sandwich (Carroll county, New Hampshire : inhabited place), Winnipesaukee, Lake (New Hampshire : lake), Chocorua, Mount (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Chocorua Lake (Carroll county, New Hampshire : lake), Kearsarge North (Carroll county, New Hampshire : peak), Willey, Mount (Grafton county, New Hampshire : peak), Echo Lake (Grafton county, Carroll county, New Hampshire : lake), White Horse Ledge (Carroll county, New Hampshire : rock), Diana's Baths (Carroll county, New Hampshire : cascade), New England, Native Americans, North American Indians

Book Details

Author

Illustrations by W. Hamilton Gibson, Drake, Samuel Adams

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Place Published

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Date Published

1882

Condition

Notes

08/01/2012-CH- Front and back cover have light stains and scratches. Gold lining of pages have been slightly bent or dented. No serious Sstructural damage, overall book is in great shape!