Bookstore
Charlie Johns offers a large selection of books on the Adirondacks and outdoor recreation.
Below is a sampling of our book offerings:
- Chronicles of Lake Champlain: Journeys in War and Peace
- History of the lake by its witnesses.
- Chronicles of Lake George Journeys in War and Peace
- First hand reports of soldiers and travelers.
- Historical Sketches of Northern New York and the Adirondack Wilderness
- Indians, early explorers, pioneer settlers, and hermits.
- History of Lake Champlain, 1609-1814
- Reprint of the classic 1886 history.
- Lake George Reflections: Island History and Lore
- 1998 bestseller.
- Long Lake
- Earliest book about the Adirondacks.
- On the Adirondack Survey with Vernplanck Colvin: The Diaries of Percy Reese Morgan, Norman J. Van
- Student who joined the famous survey in 1895-96.
- Placid's View: A Mike Diamond Mystery
- A gruesome murder at the Olympic Arena.
- Sails and Steam in the Mountains: A Maritime and Military History of Lake George and Lake Champlain
- First new history in over 30 years.
- The Archaeology of New York State
- Complete account of the early peoples of NY.
- The Forest Preserve of New York State in the Adirondack and Catskill Mountains: A Short History
- A brief, easily understood account of this subject.
- The High Peaks of Essex: The Adirondack Mountains of Orson Schofield Phelps
- Accounts of an extraordinary early Adirondack guide.
- The Lure of Esther Mountain: Matriarch of the Adirondack High Peaks
- The history of the only high peak named for a woman.
- Wildlife and Wilderness: A History of Adirondack Mammals
- Man and the larger animals of the mountains.
- 25 Bicycle Tours in the Adirondacks
- The best bicycle routes, directions and maps.
- 500 Wild Game and Fish Recipes
- Game and fish recipes.
- A Bushwhacker's View of the Adirondacks
- Over 30 years of bushwhacking the Adirondacks.
- A Dissertation on the Mineral Waters of Saratoga
- Scientific viewpoint of springs of Saratoga.
- A Guide to Some Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of New York
- Identification of edible and poisonous mushrooms.