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Cub Scouts Climb the Tower:
Hunter Mountain, 1963
Norman Van Valkenburgh, illustrated by Russell Van Valkenburgh
46 pages, illustrated, 5.5 x 8.5, 2000
6.00 booklet--A Purple Mountain Press children's original
The adventures of a den of cub scouts on a two-day hike to the Hunter Mountain fire tower. Their night in a lean-to part way up the mountain is shattered by a frightful thunderstorm. The next day they reach the summit and meet Casey, who staffs the tower and watches for forest fires.
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A Garden of Trees and Shrubs:
Practical Hints for Planning and Planting an Arboretum
Fred Lape
129 pages, 7.5 x 10.5, first paperback edition 1998
17.00 paperback--a Purple Mountain Press reprint
In 1951, Fred Lape set out to transform his family's 97-acre farm near
Esperance (Schoharie County) into an arboretum. Named for friend and
benfactor George Landis, the arboretum today is a showpiece of mature
trees and shrubs. In 1965, Lape's practical guide, based on his
experience, was published by Cornell University Press. Now long out of
print, and very scarce, it has been reissued by us with a new
introduction and a revised appendix. This is a book for any person who
wishes to landscape a few or many acres.