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Sweet Peas And A White Bridge: On Lake George When Steam Was King - Paperback
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Lake George, When Steam Was King
Before the motor launches and the summer crowds, Lake George moved at the pace of the steamboat. Sweet Peas and a White Bridge captures that era through the voices of the people who lived it — old-timers, steamboatmen, lumbermen, farmers, hunters, and the authors of long-forgotten guidebooks. It’s a history of the lake told from the inside, by someone who knew it intimately.
Elsa Kny Steinback spent her summers at Shelving Rock on Lake George, in a house built by her grandparents. She wasn’t writing about the lake from a distance — she was writing about a place she loved, in a time she had just barely missed but could still hear echoes of. First published in 1974, this paperback edition remains one of the most personal and readable histories of Lake George ever written.
About the Author
Elsa Kny Steinback (1911–1996) was an artist and author born in New York City who spent summers at Shelving Rock on Lake George from childhood. Trained at the Pratt Institute and with artist Eric Pape, she maintained an art studio in Brooklyn for years before building a winter home in Bolton Landing in the 1940s. Most of her artistic and literary work centers on the Lake George region.
Book Details
- Author: Elsa Kny Steinback
- 176 pages, paperback
- Dimensions: 7 × 10 × 0.37 inches
- Publication date: June 1997
- ISBN: 9780932052223
- Ships free to all US addresses
Makes a Thoughtful Gift
A natural gift for anyone who loves Lake George history, Adirondack literature, or the steamboat era. Pairs well with other Lake George books and historical pieces from our collection.