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2026.001.006Description
George Washington Sears was an outdoorsman, a contributor to Forest and Stream under the pen name Nessmuk. In July 1883, he launched the Sairy Gamp , a nine-foot, 1012-pound canoe for a trip through the Adirondacks, from Old Forge to Upper St. Regis Lake. In our own day, in late summer of 1990, Jerome, former managing editor of New England Monthly , and her husband John set out to retrace Sears's journey, she in a duplicate nine-foot Kevlar canoe, he in a slightly larger craft of 1012 feet. Jerome gives a captivating account of their journey interspersed with a biography of Sears, regional history and excerpts from Sears's story of his own trip. She takes us into a world of hermits and millionaires, of wild streams and glorious mountain scenery. These wilderness adventures, more than a century apart, will appeal strongly to canoeists and to readers familiar with the Adirondacks.Acquisition
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2026.001Source or Donor
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"10 June 1994, To Uncle John and Aunt Janet, Twenty years after learning St. Lawrence and the Adirondacks, an Adirondack memoir to say thank you for a lovely weekend, great new plants and more importantly for being constant friends and supporters. With Great Affection, Sara."Material/Technique
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Christine JeromeEdition
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Harper CollinsDate Published
circa 1994Name/Title
An Adirondack Passage; The Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp