In the Wilderness

by Charles Dudley Warner

Overview

Cited in Adirondack Life as one of the twenty-five most collectible books about the Adirondacks ever to appear, these essays were first published in book form in 1878. Warner's main theme is the small, often-ludicrous figure that the human being cuts in the wilderness. His urbane satire takes the starch out of 'the tin-can and paper-collar tourists' who were beginning to flock to the Adirondacks. Warner's love of nature, combined with his humor and social satire, makes this book as good a read now as it was more than a century ago.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940000769553
Publisher:	B&R Samizdat Express
Publication date:	02/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	327 KB

About the Author

Charles Dudley Warner was born in Massachusetts, moved to Cazenovia, New York, at the age of twelve, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1851. He coauthored The Gilded Age in 1873 with Mark Twain; he was also the author of other well-received essay volumes, including My Summer in a Garden, Backlog Studies, and Saunterings. In the Wilderness was originally serialized in the Atlantic Monthly.

Alice Wolf Gilborn, former Editor of Publications at the Adirondack Museum, is founding editor of the Adirondack literary magazine Blueline. Her collection Out of the Blue: Blueline Essays, 1979-1989, appeared in 2013.

Table of Contents

How I killed a bear -- Lost in the woods -- A fight with a trout -- A-hunting of the deer -- A character study (Old Phelps) -- Camping out -- A wilderness romance -- What some people call pleasure.

Editorial Reviews

Storytelling par excellence.-- "Adirondack Life"

From the Publisher