Why the Adirondacks Look the Way They Do: A Natural History by Mike Storey Sometimes the smallest, least polished, most hidden away books turn out to be the most useful. This is certainly not surprising, as even book publishers cannot explain the deeper reasons beneath come of the industry's output. Suffice it to say that a lot of drek gets published and you wish you never bought it, just as you occasionally spot a work such as Why the Adirondacks Look the Way They Do: A Natural History by Mike Storey and wonder why it is so difficult to find so soon after it was published. FInd, that is, at a sane price. As of this writing the moderate sized paperback was listing for $40 or so on Amazon. This book does not cover a lot of new ground. What it is, however, is one of the most straightforward, easy to understand and comprehensive introductions to the physical makeup of the Adirondacs that I have come across. This is the book I want to have on hand when I need to explain something to a child. Or an adult, for that matter. Much of ...