1,200 nights camped ● 2,800 peaks climbed ● 18,000 miles hiked ● 15,000 MILES biked
OUT OF STOCK – NEW INVENTORY ARRIVING NOVEMBER 1
Blue Line to Blue Line: The Official Guide to the Trans Adirondack Route
Published by Beechwood Books in 2013. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Laura Waterman. 290 pages, 9 images. The only guide to the East's wildest pathway. Includes all information needed for a successful thru-hike.
Cover price of $18 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
History Inside the Blue Line: Place Names of the Trans Adirondack Route
Published by Beechwood Books in 2014. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Michael Kudish. 240 pages, 30 images. One of the first Adirondack place name books ever published. Decodes the 125 toponyms along the 238-mile route.
Cover price of $18 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
My Adirondacks: Ten Stories from Twenty Years
Published by Beechwood Books in 2015. By Erik Schlimmer. 270 pages, 10 images. The Northeast's most notorious explorer conveys tales from the backcountry. Voted Best Memoir by the Adirondack Center for Writing.
Cover price of $18 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
Among the Cloud Splitters: Place Names of High Peaks Wilderness Area
Published by Beechwood Books in 2016. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Jack Drury. 230 pages, 45 images. Schlimmer tells the fascinating and historic stories behind the 224 toponyms in New York's largest wilderness area.
Cover price of $16 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
OUT OF STOCK – NEW INVENTORY ARRIVING NOVEMBER 1
Cradle of the Union: A Street by Street History of New York's Capital City
Published by Beechwood Books in 2019. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by John McEneny. 510 pages, 135 images. Our only urban title. Ground-breaking research and writing historically decodes the City of Albany's 785 street names.
Cover price of $24 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
Color Remote: Bushwhacking the Adirondack Mountains
Published by Beechwood Books in 2019. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Anne Brewer. 340 pages, 321 images. Most expansive Adirondack photo book ever produced, all photos taken off-trail, each signed and numbered, not available through retailers, only 1,000 published. Get it before it's gone forever.
Cover price of $40 + $8 shipping, signed by the author
Color Remote: Bushwhacking the Adirondack Mountains Package Deal
Published by Beechwood Books in 2019. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Anne Brewer. 340 pages, 321 images. Most expansive Adirondack photo book ever produced, all photos taken off-trail, each signed and numbered, not available through retailers, only 1,000 published. Get it before it's gone forever.
Discounted price of $160 (save $32) + free shipping, signed by the author
From Northville to Placid: Place Names of New York's Oldest Long Trail
Published by Beechwood Books in 2021. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by James Appleton. 160 pages, 49 images. All seventy toponyms along this 133-mile trail historically decoded for your reading pleasure.
Cover price of $16 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
With an Ax and a Rifle: Settler and Onomastic History of the Adirondacks
Published by Beechwood Books in 2023. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Craig Leggett. 1,170 pages, 184 images. Most thorough Adirondack history book ever written, produced with the help of fifty historians, settlement history of all 92 Adirondack towns. Includes folded 18" x 24" settlement poster.
Cover price of $48 + poster + $10 shipping, signed by the author
Deep History: Place Names of Lake Champlain
Published by Beechwood Books in 2023. By Erik Schlimmer, foreword by Daniel Cole. 430 pages, 63 images. All 392 Lake Champlain toponyms across New York and Vermont historically decoded to convey deep maritime history.
Cover price of $24 + $4 shipping, signed by the author
The Whole Shebang!
All nine titles at a package deal price. Deep History, With an Ax and a Rifle, From Northville to Placid, Color Remote, Cradle of the Union, Among the Cloud Splitters, My Adirondacks, History Inside the Blue Line, and Blue Line to Blue Line. If you want to swap titles, contact us. Comes with three days good luck.
Discounted price of $200 (save $68) + free shipping, signed by the author
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Adirondack Settlement Poster
Published by Beechwood Books in 2023. By Jeanne Bianchine and Erik Schlimmer. Unique and awesome settlement poster. If you want a free poster, order With an Ax and a Rifle. If you just want the poster, don't order the book.
Retail price of $15 + free shipping
Trans Adirondack Route Map Set
Published by Beechwood Books in 2019. Designed by Friends of the Trans Adirondack Route. 36 pages, overview map, list of shelters, 1:40,000 scale, 100-foot contour intervals, designed for use with Blue Line to Blue Line.
Retail price of $15 + free shipping
Trans Adirondack Route T-Shirt
A stylish long-lasting fashion statement never looked so good. Pressure tested to eight fathoms. 100% fat free. Tell us your size (S, M, L) when you order.
Retail price of $18 + $4 shipping