Forever Wild by Tony Holtzman
When New York Assemblyman Cyrus Carter votes for 'Forever Wild' legislation in 1885 to preserve State land, the lumber companies attempt blackmail to prevent his reelection. The plot almost derails his marriage. It takes an amendment to the New York State Constitution ten years later to protect the land.John, Mary Carter's oldest son, returns to the Adirondacks from Chicago in 1887, angry over the hanging of the men accused of the Haymarket bombing. In the spring of 1889, he is hired by J Schuyler, a wealthy New York banker to head the construction of a great camp on the one thousand acres Schuyler has purchased from Paul Smith on the west side of Upper Saranac Lake. Schuyler forbids John and other locals to hunt and fish on his land, even during the eleven months of the year when the Schuylers do not occupy it.John is caught between Ophelia, Schuyler's daughter, who professes her love for him, and his workers' anger over her father's no trespassing edict. Instigated by his paraplegic brother, Tommy, John and a few friends take the law into their own hands with tragic consequences.
Holtzman, Tony: - Tony (Neil A.) Holtzman started to write fiction after retiring as Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Health Policy, and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins. His novels are based on professional experience, and deep interest in American history. The Adirondack Mountains, where he still summers after many years, also serve as inspiration. Tony's fictiony writing has benefited from workshops and courses at Stanford University, New Mexico State University, The Great Courses, and the Adirondack Center for Writing, of which he was a board member (2015-18). He has taught writing to prisoners at the Adirondack Correctional Facility and currently leads a writers group in Menlo Park, CA, where he winters. While at Hopkins, he wrote or co-wrote three books on genetics and public policy, and published over 150 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals. He has four children and eight grandchildren. His wife, Dr. Barbara Starfield, died in 2011. Education: B.A. Swarthmore College, with High Honors M.D. New York University College of Medicine, M.P.H. (Epidemiology) University of California Berkeley,
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| ISBN 13 | 9780998489322 |
| ISBN 10 | 0998489328 |
| Title | Forever Wild |
| Author | Tony Holtzman |
| Series | Adirondack Trilogy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cloudsplitter Press |
| Year published | 2013-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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