Van Valkenburgh, Norman. THE FOREST PRESERVE OF NEW YORK STATE IN THE ADIRONDACK AND CATSKILL MOUNTAINS: A SHORT HISTORY. Fleischmanns: Purple Mountain Press, 1996. Revised edition. 40 pp., printed wrappers. Produced in cooperation with the Adirondack Research Library. A short but excellent history of the Forest Preserve by the preeminent authority on the subject. New.