Sail On, Sail On: Voyagers of the North Woods
- ISBN-10
- 069271586X
- ISBN-13
- 9780692715864
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-07-27
- Author
- Judy Jones
Description
When Judy Jones befriended a worn and lonely camp in New York's Adirondack Park she had no idea that she stood on the premises of a bygone town or that the place she liked to believe was her own held a vital place in the history of a once vibrant settlement. Sensing a kindred spirit as time passed, the people of the village began to speak. Their offerings filled the pages of Moose River Diary: in search of The Settlement and Moose River Diary 2: The Mole People. In Sail On, Sail On: Voyagers of the North Woods, the author steps away from Moose River proper for a time and strikes out along another spur. The plan was to unearth the provenance and the people of the town, Lyonsdale, which had been home to Moose River Settlement. She would start at the beginning (once she found it) and work forward as she listened. She had learned that the record must include what was true and also what might be. No sooner did she raise her spyglass than a brand-new band of characters appeared along the trail, each one as compelling as those who had gone before. Who knew that a baron named Steuben (Drillmaster of the Revolution) lived just down the hill? Who knew that staunch Lewis County pioneers were among those who founded San Francisco? Who knew that a man who had sailed with Captain Cook had settled in the hills nearby or that another Cook (Polly, this time) had labored alongside George Washington? You have to pay attention in cases like these, for while some are pious and holy, and some are steadfast and stalwart, and others are cunning and crafty or downright ne'er-do-wells on the run, each one has a story to tell.
