Oscar Wilde

It is well-known that the "coffee-table" book, so named for its resting place, is an expensive tome that one almost never buys for oneself, and most certainly never reads. Happily, there are exceptions to the rule,...

In the early morning hours of January 25, 1963, half a dozen prominent members of the New York State Conservation Department made their way through deep snow to the top of a high ridge in the Catskill Mountains....