| #480791 in Books | 2012-06-26 | 2012-06-26 | Format: International Edition | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.80 x.87 x5.08l,.0 | File Name: 0241953871 | 240 pages
||5 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Outdoors for the middle classes|By Acorn|Matthew de Abaitua has written an idiosyncratic take on modern camping, specifically looking at the UK, US and Germany. The subtitle promises a history, but apart from the obligatory nod to stone age man in the opening chapter and the occasional mention of ancient military camps, this book only reaches back to the early nineteenth centu||Does for camping what Roger Deakin did for wild swimming * Independent * A delightful combination of history and memoir with a generous dollop of guidance thrown on top . . . read this gem of a book * Economist * An elegant ode to the joys of camping. All sor
Could there be another way of life? Can I survive with less stuff? Should I run for the hills? These are all good questions that people have asked before, throughout history, and which have inspired people to set up camp. But now camping is part of the drive for self-sufficiency, a reaction against mass tourism, a chance to connect with the land, to experience a community, to leave no trace . . . From packing to pitching, with hikes into the deep history of the subje...
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Art of Camping | Abaitua Matthew De. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
