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A not too greatly changed Eden : the story of the Philosophers' Camp in the Adirondacks / James Schlett.
LIBRA E166 .S325 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schlett, James, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Intellectual life--19th century.
- United States.
- Intellectual life.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)--History--19th century.
- Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.).
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo.
- Stillman, William James, 1828-1901.
- Stillman, William James.
- New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Nature and society
- Path to the Adirondacks
- Turning points
- The Crayon
- Adieu to the world
- The artist reborn
- Trial run
- The procession to the pines
- The camp and club
- Acclimating to the wild
- The worthy crew Chaucer never had
- Ampersand
- The inaugural meeting
- Campfire lore
- War
- Peace
- The ravages of modern improvement
- The old America and the new.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801453526
- 0801453526
- OCLC:
- 898161579
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