The Resource Heading out : a history of American camping, Terence Young
Heading out : a history of American camping, Terence Young
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The item Heading out : a history of American camping, Terence Young represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Who are the real campers? Through-hiking backpackers traversing the Appalachian Trail? The family in an SUV making a tour of national parks and sleeping in tents at campgrounds? People committed to the RV lifestyle who move their homes from state to state as season and whim dictate? Terence Young would say: all of the above. Camping is one of the country's most popular pastimes--tens of millions of Americans go camping every year. Whether on foot, on horseback, or in RVs, campers have been enjoying themselves for well more than a century, during which time camping's appeal has shifted and evolved. In Heading Out, Young takes readers into nature and explores with them the history of camping in the United States. Young shows how camping progressed from an impulse among city-dwellers to seek temporary retreat from their exhausting everyday surroundings to a form of recreation so popular that an industry grew up around it to provide an endless supply of ever-lighter and more convenient gear. Young humanizes camping's history by spotlighting key figures in its development and a sampling of the campers and the variety of their excursions. Readers will meet William H.H. Murray, who launched a craze for camping in 1869; Mary Bedell, who car camped around America for 12,000 miles in 1922; William Trent Jr., who struggled to end racial segregation in national park campgrounds before World War II; and Carolyn Patterson, who worked with the U.S. Department of State in the 1960s and 1970s to introduce foreign service personnel to the "real" America through trailer camping. These and many additional characters give readers a reason to don a headlamp, pull up a chair beside the campfire, and discover the invigorating and refreshing history of sleeping under the stars
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- Introduction : roughing it smoothly
- Adventures in the wilderness : William H.H. Murray and the beginning of recreational camping
- The art of camping : roughing it during the decades before automobiles
- Let's hit the motor camping trail : the automobile transforms camping
- The garage in the forest : E.P. Meinecke and the development of the modern autocampground
- Liberalizing the campground : W.J. Trent, Jr. and the struggle against national park segregation
- A clearer picture of this country : trailer camping to discover America
- A renewal of our faith and ideals : backpacking and the Pacific Crest Trail
- Epilogue : the decline and promise of American camping
- Isbn
- 9781501712838
- Label
- Heading out : a history of American camping
- Title
- Heading out
- Title remainder
- a history of American camping
- Statement of responsibility
- Terence Young
- Subject
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- Camping -- United States -- History
- Canadian poetry (English) -- 20th century
- Canadian poetry (English) -- Saskatchewan
- GAMES -- Gambling | Sports
- History
- Poesie canadienne-anglaise -- 20e siecle
- Poesie canadienne-anglaise -- Saskatchewan
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Camping
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- History
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Sports
- United States
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects
- Camping
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Who are the real campers? Through-hiking backpackers traversing the Appalachian Trail? The family in an SUV making a tour of national parks and sleeping in tents at campgrounds? People committed to the RV lifestyle who move their homes from state to state as season and whim dictate? Terence Young would say: all of the above. Camping is one of the country's most popular pastimes--tens of millions of Americans go camping every year. Whether on foot, on horseback, or in RVs, campers have been enjoying themselves for well more than a century, during which time camping's appeal has shifted and evolved. In Heading Out, Young takes readers into nature and explores with them the history of camping in the United States. Young shows how camping progressed from an impulse among city-dwellers to seek temporary retreat from their exhausting everyday surroundings to a form of recreation so popular that an industry grew up around it to provide an endless supply of ever-lighter and more convenient gear. Young humanizes camping's history by spotlighting key figures in its development and a sampling of the campers and the variety of their excursions. Readers will meet William H.H. Murray, who launched a craze for camping in 1869; Mary Bedell, who car camped around America for 12,000 miles in 1922; William Trent Jr., who struggled to end racial segregation in national park campgrounds before World War II; and Carolyn Patterson, who worked with the U.S. Department of State in the 1960s and 1970s to introduce foreign service personnel to the "real" America through trailer camping. These and many additional characters give readers a reason to don a headlamp, pull up a chair beside the campfire, and discover the invigorating and refreshing history of sleeping under the stars
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Young, Terence
- Dewey number
- 796.540973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GV191.4
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Camping
- Canadian poetry (English)
- Canadian poetry (English)
- Poesie canadienne-anglaise
- Poesie canadienne-anglaise
- GAMES
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- TRAVEL
- SPORTS & RECREATION
- Camping
- United States
- Label
- Heading out : a history of American camping, Terence Young
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : roughing it smoothly -- Adventures in the wilderness : William H.H. Murray and the beginning of recreational camping -- The art of camping : roughing it during the decades before automobiles -- Let's hit the motor camping trail : the automobile transforms camping -- The garage in the forest : E.P. Meinecke and the development of the modern autocampground -- Liberalizing the campground : W.J. Trent, Jr. and the struggle against national park segregation -- A clearer picture of this country : trailer camping to discover America -- A renewal of our faith and ideals : backpacking and the Pacific Crest Trail -- Epilogue : the decline and promise of American camping
- Control code
- 961924014
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781501712838
- Lccn
- 2016050292
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other control number
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- 14655487
- 99974315162
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1r0gswf
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961924014
- Label
- Heading out : a history of American camping, Terence Young
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : roughing it smoothly -- Adventures in the wilderness : William H.H. Murray and the beginning of recreational camping -- The art of camping : roughing it during the decades before automobiles -- Let's hit the motor camping trail : the automobile transforms camping -- The garage in the forest : E.P. Meinecke and the development of the modern autocampground -- Liberalizing the campground : W.J. Trent, Jr. and the struggle against national park segregation -- A clearer picture of this country : trailer camping to discover America -- A renewal of our faith and ideals : backpacking and the Pacific Crest Trail -- Epilogue : the decline and promise of American camping
- Control code
- 961924014
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781501712838
- Lccn
- 2016050292
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
-
- 14655487
- 99974315162
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1r0gswf
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)961924014
Subject
- Camping -- United States -- History
- Canadian poetry (English) -- 20th century
- Canadian poetry (English) -- Saskatchewan
- GAMES -- Gambling | Sports
- History
- Poesie canadienne-anglaise -- 20e siecle
- Poesie canadienne-anglaise -- Saskatchewan
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Camping
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- History
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Sports
- United States
- SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects
- Camping
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