Adirondack Explorer

‘11 miles from nowhere’

n a zone as large as the Adirondacks, it’s rare to learn the deep history of a single place. But that is what Fran Yardley wants to do in her new memoir, . She could have written the book as her own story, about how she moved to the Adirondacks in 1967 with her new husband, Jay, to restore the family camp on the land between Upper and Middle Saranac lakes. But instead she spent years looking for information about the past owners of the Bartlett

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