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Title: Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping
Author: Dan White
ISBN: 9781627791953
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2016
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 416
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
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Wide-ranging in research, enthusiasm, and geography, Dan White’s Under the Stars reveals a vast population of nature seekers, a country still in love with its wild places.
“The definitive book on camping in America. . . . A passionate, witty, and deeply engaging examination of why humans venture into the wild.”–
Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
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.
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