A not too greatly changed Eden : the story of the Philosophers' Camp in the Adirondacks /

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In August 1858, William James Stillman, a painter and founding editor of the acclaimed but short-lived art journal The Crayon, organized a camping expedition for some of America's preeminent intellectuals to Follensby Pond in the Adirondacks. Dubbed the "Philosophers' Camp," the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schlett, James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882.
Stillman, William James, > 1828-1901.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, > 1803-1882
Stillman, William James, > 1828-1901
1800-1899
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
NATURE > Regional.
Intellectual life
United States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
Adirondack, Monts (N.Y.) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
New York (State) > Adirondack Mountains
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Nature and society
  • Path to the Adirondacks
  • Turning points
  • The Crayon
  • Adieu to the world
  • The artist reborn
  • Trial run
  • The procession to the pines
  • The camp and club
  • Acclimating to the wild
  • The worthy crew Chaucer never had
  • Ampersand
  • The inaugural meeting
  • Campfire lore
  • War
  • Peace
  • The ravages of modern improvement
  • The old America and the new.

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