Books by Roy Reehil

From July 2003 to July 2025, Roy ran The Forager Press, LLC an independent publishing company. They published several Adirondack history books, including these two co-written by Roy and William J. O’Hern.
Adirondack Adventures

Adirondack Adventures – Bob Gillespie and Harvey Dunham on French Louie’s Trail
By Roy E. Reehil and William J. O’Hern (2012)

What inspired Harvey Dunham to write his classic book "Adirondack French Louie?"
What was it like to backpack deep in the Adirondacks a century ago? Find the answers to these questions in the extraordinary photo-journals of Harvey Dunham and his mentor Bob Gillespie. Travel by train to Beaver River and then north along the Red Horse Trail in 1919. Wander into French Louie’s old haunts in 1924. Outfitted with canvas tents and pack baskets they journey to remote mountain ponds, fill their creels and share fireside stories. Illustrated with over 240 period photographs and maps.

Under an Adirondack Influence

Under An Adirondack Influence – The Life 0f A. L. Byron-Curtiss, 1871–1959
By William J. O’Hern and Roy E. Reehil (2008)

A. L. Byron-Curtiss first traveled to the Adirondacks in 1892 at age 21 to take over a wilderness mission in Forestport, NY that changed his life. He started writing about the people he met there, a frontier doctor, lumberjacks, guides and tavern-keepers, and never stopped writing. He purchased a lakeside cabin for $15 and was soon dubbed “The Bishop of North Lake.” His stories capture the passion and humor he brought to all his endeavors, as a father, a fisherman, a preacher, a drinker, a social activist and a scofflaw.