Under the stars : how America fell in love with camping /
White, Dan, 1967-
Under the stars : how America fell in love with camping / Dan White. - xii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-385) and index.
Under the stars -- Help me, Henry -- Exploring the Sewards with Zippy -- Camping the crazy away -- Hero of camping : George Washington Sears -- Acts of transmission -- Clash of the neckerchiefs -- Hero of camping : the S'more -- Wild Victorian ladies -- Gator girls -- Nine Mile Pond -- The odd couple -- Hero of camping : Estwick Evans -- Night at Badger Spring -- How's the road? -- The haunted duffel bag -- Hero of camping : Edward Abbey -- The Immaculator -- Kovu's brother -- Hell on wheels -- A dose of enchantment.
"From the Sierras to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, from remote wildernesses to public campgrounds and RV meccas, Dan White travels across America, searching through its history and landscapes to tell the story of how camping took hold of the national imagination and evolved alongside a changing country. Whether he has sought out the quietest place in the continental United States, gone on safari in California, or joined a girls-only adventure for urban teens, Dan White's wide-ranging enthusiasm and openness, his humor and insight reveals a vast and varied population of nature seekers, a nation still in love with its wild places"--
9781627791953 (hardback) 1627791957 (hardback)
2015042691
Camping--United States.
Outdoor life--United States.
Under the stars : how America fell in love with camping / Dan White. - xii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages [381]-385) and index.
Under the stars -- Help me, Henry -- Exploring the Sewards with Zippy -- Camping the crazy away -- Hero of camping : George Washington Sears -- Acts of transmission -- Clash of the neckerchiefs -- Hero of camping : the S'more -- Wild Victorian ladies -- Gator girls -- Nine Mile Pond -- The odd couple -- Hero of camping : Estwick Evans -- Night at Badger Spring -- How's the road? -- The haunted duffel bag -- Hero of camping : Edward Abbey -- The Immaculator -- Kovu's brother -- Hell on wheels -- A dose of enchantment.
"From the Sierras to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, from remote wildernesses to public campgrounds and RV meccas, Dan White travels across America, searching through its history and landscapes to tell the story of how camping took hold of the national imagination and evolved alongside a changing country. Whether he has sought out the quietest place in the continental United States, gone on safari in California, or joined a girls-only adventure for urban teens, Dan White's wide-ranging enthusiasm and openness, his humor and insight reveals a vast and varied population of nature seekers, a nation still in love with its wild places"--
9781627791953 (hardback) 1627791957 (hardback)
2015042691
Camping--United States.
Outdoor life--United States.