Description: The beckoning fingers are those of ten lakes, those long and slender stripes of blue in the middle of the New York State map. This is Arch Merrill's tenth regional book. His second, 'The Lakes Country,' came out in 1944. It covered the Finger Lakes in the Rochester area, Seneca, Keuka and Canandaigua, and their four smaller upland sisters, Conesus, Hemlock, Canadice and Honeoye. 'The Lakes Country' proved so popular that, despite repeated printings, it was out of print in five years. This 1951 book is the first one published which covers the entire Finger Lakes country. It retains all the flavor of the earlier book with much new material added. Chapters have been added on the eastern Finger Lakes, Skaneateles, Owasco and Cayuga, all rich in scenic beauty, history and lore. Arch Merrill believes that lakes and cities and villages have distinct personalities just as people do. InSlim Fingers Beckonhe has caught the spirit of the lakes and the communities upon their shores. You will want to read about the teasel harvest at Skaneateles, about Auburn's 'Copper John,' about the original Bloomer Girl at Seneca Falls. Cornellians will relish the chapter on 'Town and Gown.' The old Indian legends live again--the Lake Guns, the Spirit Boatman, the Curse of Keuka and the Serpent of Bare Hill and others. These are skillful profiles of the cities of the Finger Lakes, Auburn, Ithaca, Geneva and Canandaigua, besides scores of smaller communities. Here for the first time is the Whole Story of the Finger Lakes country, a romantic and historic land.
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Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: American Book-Stratford Press, Inc.
Modified Item: No
Subject: Americana
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: n/a
Language: English
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Region: North America
Author: Arch Merrill
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Historical
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