The Memoirs of James Manchester Wardner

Jim Wardner grew up on a farm outside Keeseville, New York. He first ventured into the Adriondacks in 1846 while still in his teens, setting out to explore their legendary beauty and to hunt and fish with his brother and a close friend. By the time he was in his early twenties, he had fallen in love, gone west on a wagon train, and retruned to settle as an Adirondack pioneer, surviving on ingenuity, hunting skills and a devotion to the natural world. In his long life in the mountains, Jim Wardner became a hunter, woodsman, adventurer, angler, guide, farmer, innkeeper, educator, civic leader, husband, father and problem solver. In his life stories, we experience the characters and the conflicts that emerged early in the Adirondacks, as well as his determination to preserve the wilderness for generations. 215 pages. Paperback. 2010.