What is it that makes the North Country so special? From North Creek to South Colton, from Old Forge to New Bremen, host Mitch Teich brings you interviews, on-site recordings, and special features that remind us what makes the region a special. WCNY Community FM is pleased to present North Words, from our colleagues at North Country Public Radio.
In this episode: A conversation with Amy Godine. The Saratoga Springs-based writer has been studying issues of race and history in the North Country for years, and her new book is called The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier. Godine shares the story of Gerrit Smith, a 19th Century Upstate abolitionist and land heir who devised a plan to help free Blacks obtain suffrage by providing them with land to settle and farm in the Adirondacks. Then, in a radical shifting of gears, we meet Ryan Vickers, a North Country native who has appeared on around a dozen game shows in four countries (and in two languages), and collects experiences the way some of us collected baseball cards.
