| Portion of title |
History of American camping |
| 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 : the development of backpacking and long-distance trails -- Epilogue : the decline and promise of American camping. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Young, Terence (Terence G.). Heading out. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017 9781501712821 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2016047309 |
| ISBN | 9780801454028 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0801454026 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
