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Under the stars, how America fell in love with camping, Dan White

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-385) and index

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Under the stars

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Dan White

how America fell in love with camping

From the Sierras to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, Dan White travels the nation to experience firsthand -- and sometimes face first -- how the American wilderness transformed from the devil's playground into a source of adventure, relaxation, and renewal. Whether he's camping nude in cougar country, being attacked by wildlife while "glamping," or crashing a girls-only adventure for urban teens, Dan White seeks to animate the evolution of outdoor recreation. In the process, he demonstrates how the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Roosevelt, and Muir -- along with visionaries such as Adirondack Murray, Horace Kephart, and Juliette Gordon Low -- helped blaze a trail from Transcendentalism to Leave No Trace. Wide-ranging in research, enthusiasm, and geography, Under the Stars reveals a vast population of nature seekers; a country still in love with its wild places

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