The story of how Adirondack forests lured investments from financial
centers; how roads pushed deep into the wilderness; how tanneries were
built in remote places and how towns sprang up around them; how hides
were shipped to canal ports in Warrensburg or along the Erie Canal and
how teamsters drove great distances to reach the tanneries. A largely
forgotten history is brought to life in this well-researched book of an
industry that disappeared in the 1890s.