Dan White makes their adventures his own whether on a long hike with a copy of Walden in hand or along the cutting ridges of nature with a wily guide. He is the author of Building San Francisco's Parks, 1850–1930 and coeditor of The Theme Park Landscapes: Antecedents and Variations. The Twenty-Ninth Day: Surviving a Grizzly Attack in the Canadian Tundra. Towering pines and hardwoods shade this park, located in the northeast portion of the state.

We are planning a cross country trip in our RV and decided to buy a used copy of this book because the campgrounds probably wouldn't change that much except for the prices and maybe some of the owners. "Heading Out provides a fascinating and engagingly written look at the history of sleeping out-of-doors in the United States.... From scholars to thru-hikers, everyone who has slept outdoors or is interested in Americans' relationship to the natural world will find Young's work an engrossing read and will rethink what it means to sleep outside.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2014. White is a bit of a hapless camper, but his passion shines through.

Parks seem to be true to the book so far. Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2020.

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As he expounds on rascally varmints, the pitting of the Woodcraft Indians against Boy Scouts, that luscious treat S’mores to urban teens experiencing the Original American Adventure.

The Great Migration was the movement of six million African Americans out of the South to urban areas in the Northeast, Midwest, and West between... To see what your friends thought of this book, Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.

The cool feature of telling you exactly which site in the campground is the best site... missing. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Is sleeping under the stars now on a slow downward trajectory, not unlike the dying flames of a campfire?
Since most campgrounds allow for booking several months in advance through ReserveAmerica, now is the time to jump on reservations, especially if you are looking at a busy time of year like a holiday weekend. Why we love it: Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2016. excellent! Heading Out: A History of American Camping by Terence Young is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in late May. Under the Stars: How America Fell in Love with Camping, On the Trail: A History of American Hiking.

I wasn't sure how it would be but did enjoy it. We have slept under stars and in the back of station wagons while bears ransacked the ice chest.

Combination social history and memoir, Professor Dan White explores the history of camping in America while indulging in the practice in a variety of ways. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. For those who are at home in the woods, prefer map & compass over GPS, believe real camping is with tents, around campfires and under wilderness stars, White's book is an exuberant, joyous, celebrative tonic to our day to day contemporary living.

I really loved this one and would suggest it to anyone who loves camping, is on the fence about it, or really hates it and maybe needs to change their mind!

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Overall, I like the book, but there are a few items that would be easy to incorporate that would greatly enhance the usefulness of this book.

Learn more about the program. Learn the survival skills you need to know, from fishing to first aid. Find campgrounds, parks, and activities nearby or in a specific area. By investigating topics such as how almost all campgrounds came to have nearly the same basic layout or why backpacking trails came to be so popular, Young encourages readers to think about one of their ordinary activities in historical terms and to conceive themselves as actors in one moment of a long-term national drama. Please try again. Whether he's writing about the terror of driving an RV through a rainstorm, facing off with a hungry marmot or camping naked in a California forest, it's so convincing.

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