I met Jerry (the author of this book) a few weekends ago in the Five Ponds Wilderness. He was camped with a friend at High Rock for the weekend- they'd paddled in to do some research in the bogs along the shores of the Oswegatchie River. He was very knowledgeable about all sorts of things Adirondack, and a pleasure to talk to. It turned out that he and I know a few of the same people in the academic world, and his companion and one my friends also knew a few of the same people in the academic world as well. Small world.