This guide takes the traveler to the spectacularly beautiful foothills of the Tatra Mountains, a region known as Podhale. It also provides a comprehensive survey of the region's history, geography, architecture, music and folk art, costumes, cuisine, legends and customs, as well as fishing, hiking, mountain climbing and other leisure actives. With a chapter on Polish Highlanders in America, this book will appeal to the one million Polish-Americans who can trace their roots to Podhale.