Adirondack Peeks Summer 2024

NEW BOOKS BY 46ERS

Ghosts of Glencoe Chuck Schwerin, #942

Ghosts of Glencoe is the debut novel of Chuck Schwer in #942, who edited 11 issues of PEEKS magazine from Spring 2015 through Spring of 2020. Ghosts of Glencoe is a multi-generational adventure of self-discovery. The novel spans a mere four months, set at a unique junior boarding school, and played out in the rugged Adirondack mountains of New York. This is a Hero’s Journey for two flawed protagonists, one fifteen, the other sixty-three. Both struggle to be accountable to themselves and to those who love them, for their hubris, betrayals, for the shadows they created and still carry. On their tortuous path to absolution, both discover one is never too young to teach, nor too old to learn. In the fall of 2002, dramatic events engulf three ninth graders (not the best of friends), their passionate Scottish headmaster, and an unlikely pair of escapees from a nearby prison. The inevitable collision of these forces demonstrates that age and experience have no monopoly on bravery or vul nerability. Only after superficial differences are peeled away can the teens summon the strength to find common ground to confront their frailties under the most trying conditions—lost in the snowy mountains with rescuers urgently trying to find them and the convicts desperately plotting to eliminate them. Ghosts of Glencoe is a page turning adventure, set in wilderness that is as much a fac tor as the characters themselves. The story entertains, educates, and illustrates how the mountaineering man tra—Fellowship of the Rope—embodies the imperative that if we don’t hang together, we will surely hang alone. Use the QR code to or

the author weaves expertly into a fascinating tale of chal lenge and growth. A thoroughly entertaining read! —Philip Corell, Treasurer/Adiondack Forty-Sixers con tributing author, Adirondack Archangels and Heaven Up'Histedness Many of the places and events depicted in Ghosts of Glencoe will be familiar to experienced Adirondack hik ers, but one doesn't need that background to appreciate this novel. The characters are individuals that one cares for right from the start, and one doesn't need to be an Adirondacker to relate to the lyrical descriptions of ter rain. I definitely sensed bits of Touching the Void as well as the recently famous Dannemora prison break in this novel, but the author skillfully makes these widely dispa rate themes come together. Additionally, the wilderness survival storyline reminded me of the search for fugitive Major Anthony Call in Bernard Conners’ 1954 thriller, Tail spin . Ghosts of Glencoe is definitely both a fun and satis fying read. —Tony Goodwin, editor of five editions of the High Peaks Trails Guide and retired executive director of the Adiron dack Trail Improvement Society To enjoy a sample reading from Ghosts of Glencoe visit: https://drive.google.com/file/ d/1uVrE0j-3e4QFW2PPDIgWu9YbWagdmLf-/view

der a copy today! PEEKS read ers are considered Friends and Family and are eligible for a 30% discount. Use code GPFANDF30 at checkout on rowman.com (valid only on rowman.com).

Praise for Ghosts of Glencoe : The Adirondacks are magical, but also more complicated than many visitors ever realize. This book helps capture the majesty and the complexity of one of the world's great places. —Bill McKibben, New York Times best-selling author Ghosts of Glencoe is a gripping tale with its roots in the Adirondacks that the writer knows so well. The plot be gins with many descriptive and disparate strands which

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