Main entry:

Gilborn, Craig A.

Title & Author:

Adirondack camps : homes away from home, 1850-1950 / Craig Gilborn ; with a foreword by Paul Malo.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Syracuse, NY : Adirondack Museum : Syracuse University Press, 2000.

Description:

xxxii, 367 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-349) and index.
Camp-E Pluribus Unum -- The Log Cabin as American Symbol -- Adirondack Guides and Caretakers -- Open Camps and Shanties -- Log Cabin, Log House, Home into Hotel -- Land and the Formation of Private Preserves -- Transitional Camps and Tents -- Decorous Adirondack Camps -- Other Features of the Decorous Camp -- Trophy Camps and Their Early Designers -- Old Forge and Saranac Lake Architects -- Kamp Kill Kare : Prodigy Camp -- Appendixes : "Great'' Camps and Their Care ; Projects of W.W. Durant, William Coulter, and William Distin.

ISBN:

0815606265 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780815606260 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Outdoor recreation New York (State) Adirondack Mountains History.
Summer resorts New York (State) Adirondack Mountains History.
Vacation homes New York (State) Adirondack Mountains History.
Loisirs de plein air New York (État) Adirondack, Monts Histoire.
Stations d'été New York (État) Adirondack, Monts Histoire.
Outdoor recreation.
Summer resorts.
Vacation homes.
New York (State) Adirondack Mountains.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 222953
Call No.: GV191.42.N7 G5 2000
Status: Available