Canoeing the Adirondacks With Nessmuk: The Adirondack Letters of George Washington Sears - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0815625944 ISBN 13 : 9780815625940

Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 1993

Synopsis

"She's all my fancy painted her, she's lovely, she is light. She waltzes on the waves by day, and rests with me at night. But I had nothing to do with her painting. The man who built her did that. And I commence with the canoe because that is about the first thing you need on entering the Northern Wilderness. "--Nessmuk

Thus opened Nessmuk's first commissioned "letter" for Forest and Stream in 1880. For years thereafter, George Washington Sears, under the penname Nessmuk, contributed a glorious series of pieces on canoeing the Adirondacks, exploring rivers and streams, climbing the many mountains and peaks, and chronicling his long relationship with one of the greatest canoe builders, J. Henry Rushton.

These letters brought Nessmuk fame and served to increase the magazine's circulation tremendously. They hold a special place in wilderness writing and unfold in vivid detail the pageantry of the waterways from a bygone era.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dan Brenan, a writer of "angling literature," was born in Plattsburgh, New York, in 1885. He died in 1962, shortly before the original edition of this book was published.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Syracuse University Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0815625944
• ISBN 13: 9780815625940
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Éditeur: Brenan Dan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible