William Chapman White was a foreign correspondent in the 1930s who became a columnist for the New York Times and the New York Herald Tribune

New York Herald Tribune

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. He is known especially for his 1954 book, Adirondack Country. His connection with the Adirondacks was through his marriage to Ruth Morris, daughter of the theatrical agent, William Morris, founder of the William Morris Agency

William Morris Agency

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 who owned a "cure camp" on Lake Colby in Saranac Lake, New York

Saranac Lake, New York

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. The Adirondack Research Room of the Saranac Lake Free Library is named for him.

External links

• Adirondack Country (full text)
• A sample of his work is found in The Tavern Lamps are Burning, at Google Books