Slim Fingers Beckon [An Enlarged and Revised Edition of the Lakes Country, and Including Skaneateles, Owasco & Cayuga Lakes, Not Covered in Previous Book -- Some of the Material Appeared in the Rochester NY Democrat and Chronicle in Serial Form]

184 pp. "The beckoning fingers are those of ten lakes, those long and slender strips of blue in the middle of the New York State map. This is Arch Merrill's tenth regional book. Slim Fingers Beckon is the first to cover the entire Finger Lakes country with added chapters on the eastern Finger Lakes, Skaneateles, Owasco and Cayuga, all rich in scenic beauty, history and lore." CONTENTS: Land of Lakes and Legends; Skaneateles, the Eastern Gateway; Owasco and Auburn, Lakes Country Metropolis; Far Around Cayuga's Waters; Town and Gown -- Ithaca and Cornell; Seneca, Lake of the Hidden Guns; Watkins Wonderland; Geneva, The Beleaguered City; Keuka, The Lady of the Lakes; Canandaigua, The Chosen Place; Little Finger Lakes.