Description
Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library [Published Date: 2009]. Softcover, 236 pp.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition with light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing to covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A facsimile reprint of William H. H. Murray's influential 1869 guidebook, Adventures in the Wilderness. Part of the Michigan Historical Reprint Series issued by the University of Michigan Library's Scholarly Publishing Office, based on editions held in their collections. Murray's book played a pivotal role in popularizing wilderness tourism in the Adirondack Mountains during the post-Civil War era. With chapters on outfitting, choosing guides, health benefits of the outdoors, and even a "Bill of Fare,: the work blends practical advice with vivid narrative and illustrations, capturing the spirit of 19th-century American outdoor adventure. This edition reproduces the original De Wolfe, Fiske & Co. edition, complete with illustrations and typographic layout, preserving the pagination, illustrations, and typesetting of the original edition.