Download or read book The Farm Wilderness Summer Camps written by Emily K. Abel and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although summer camps profoundly impact children, they have received little attention from scholars. The well-known Farm & Wilderness (F&W) camps, founded in 1939 by Ken and Susan Webb, resembled most other private camps of the same period in many ways, but F&W also had some distinctive features. Campers and staff took pride in the special ruggedness of the surrounding environment, and delighted in the exceptional rigor of the camping trips and the work projects. Importantly, the Farm & Wilderness camps were some of the first private camps to become racially integrated.The Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps: Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth Century traces these camps, both unique and emblematic of American youth culture of the twentieth century, from their establishment in the late 1930s to the end of the twentieth century. Emily K. Abel and Margaret K. Nelson explore how ideals considered progressive in the 1940s and 1950s had to be reconfigured by the camps to respond to shifts in culture and society as well as to new understandings of race and ethnicity, social class, gender, and sexual identity. To illustrate this change, the authors draw on over forty interviews with former campers, archival materials, and their own memories. This book tells a story of progressive ideals, crises of leadership, childhood challenges, and social adaptation in the quintessential American summer camp.
Download or read book A Manufactured Wilderness written by Abigail Ayres Van Slyck and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since they were first established in the 1880s, children's summer camps have touched the lives of millions of people. Why were summer camps created? What concerns and ideals motivated their founders? Whom did they serve? How did they change over time? What factors influenced their design? To answer these and many other questions, this book looks at the most visible and evocative aspect of camp life: its landscape and architecture. It argues that summer camps delivered much more than a simple encounter with the natural world, but rather a man-made version of wilderness, shaped by middle-class anxieties.
Download or read book The Unique Mission of the Summer Camp written by C. Walton Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1979-06-04 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book Grasshoppers in My Bed written by Theresa M. Swanson and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1876--Christmas Day--which just happens to be the eleventh birthday of Lillie Belle Gibbs. Her mother and father present her with a new journal. Now she must decide how to fill the pages. Grasshoppers in her bed, unusual weather, a smudge pot to keep the mosquitos at bay, the one-room schoolhouse across the road, popping corn in the Victorian parlor, the hired hands who work on the farm five months of the year, and her best friend, Minnesota Mae Hendrickson, all make appearances in this book. Using clues Lillie left behind through writings as a child and an adult, this important work of historical fiction is filled with stories and illustrations detailing a year in the ordinary life of a real Minnesota farm girl from the 1870s.
Download or read book Mountain High written by Paul J. Brach and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, 'Mountain High' relates 28 exciting, outdoor adventures and details the lighter, comical side of climbing, camping, and backpacking. Many of the stories take place in extreme winter conditions. Illustrated with more than 60 photographs.
Download or read book More about Summer Camps Training for Leisure written by Henry Wellington Wack and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Camping Trip that Changed America written by Barb Rosenstock and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-known but important story from our nation's history. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt joined naturalist John Muir on a trip to Yosemite. Camping by themselves in the uncharted woods, the two men saw sights and held discussions that would ultimately lead to the establishment of our National Parks.
Download or read book Becoming Wild written by Nikki Van Schyndel and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine-year-old Nikki and her companion Micah fend off harsh weather, wildlife, the threat of starvation and other perils in an isolated archipelago of islands near northern Vancouver Island . To survive, Nikki must rely on her knowledge of B.C.'s coastal flora and fauna, and the ancient techniques of hunting and gathering.
Download or read book Lost Farm Camp written by Henry Herbert Knibbs and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Lost Farm Camp' is a fictional adventure novel by author Henry Herbert Knibbs. Hoss Avery and his daughter whom he had fondly nicknamed "Swickey," were inseparable. When Hoss first came to Lost farm bringing his little girl, he climbed the narrow trail along the river, glanced at the camp, swung his pack from his shoulders, filled his pipe, and sitting on a log drew Swickey down beside him and talked to her. Asking her opinion of some things which she understood and a great many things which she did not, to all of which she made her habitual reply of "Yes, Pop." The two made the decision there and then to live there eking out a living by lumbering wood. Meanwhile in Boston, David Ross is bidding his Aunt Bess goodbye in order to pursue a life of adventure. His quest brings him to Lost Farm Camp where he joins the Averys. It is not long before Swickey is taken in by their handsome and generous guest. The three of them are meanwhile battling to retain control of their land which is threatened by a railway line to pass through their land, so as to enable mining of a lucrative asbestos belt on their land. Will Daniel succeed in his plan to save the Avery's farm? And will he finally be able to marry Swickey?
Download or read book Education and the Summer Camp written by Lloyd Burgess Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Summer Camps written by Beulah Clark Van Wagenen and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Camps and Camping written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1995-08-21 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book Midnight at Faraway Farm written by Joann Ellen Sisco and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midnight was hatched from an egg in a nest high in a tree overlooking the activities of FarAway Farm. FarAway Farm, where they grow afood, flowers and fun, a is a summer camp in central Oklahoma where twenty-five girls, ages nine to twelve, come for two months of fun. There is swimming, archery, horseback riding and a lot of animals, picnics and games. Over it all, Midnight flutters about with his friends until he meets the aladya who changes his life. Then the meddlesome Midnight almost changes the life of one of the campers.
Download or read book Edible Wild Plants written by John Kallas and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of Wild Food Adventures presents the definitive, fully illustrated guide to foraging and preparing wild edible greens. Beyond the confines of our well-tended vegetable gardens, there is a wide variety of fresh foods growing in our yards, neighborhoods, or local woods. All that’s needed to take advantage of this wild bounty is a little knowledge and a sense of adventure. In Edible Wild Plants, wild foods expert John Kallas covers easy-to-identify plants commonly found across North America. The extensive information on each plant includes a full pictorial guide, recipes, and more. This volume covers four types of wild greens: Foundation Greens: wild spinach, chickweed, mallow, and purslane Tart Greens: curlydock, sheep sorrel, and wood sorrel Pungent Greens: wild mustard, wintercress, garlic mustard, and shepherd’s purse Bitter Greens: dandelion, cat’s ear, sow thistle, and nipplewort
