An Adirondack Passage: The Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp

by Christine Jerome

Book Overview

Recounting the author's experience of a 140-mile canoe trip through Adirondack Park in the USA, this is a chronicle of the journey, as well as a history of the region, an autobiography and a meditation on nature and the wilderness. Christine Jerome made the trip with her husband John.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060164352
• ISBN13: 9780060164355
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

If you love to kayak, camp and canoe and a little history

What a great book! We spent a week kayaking the Adarondacks and a wonderful day at the Adarondack Museum. In it was the tiny little boat the Sairy Gamp. It sparked my interest to learn of George W Sears travels. Reading Christine Jerome's version of his and her travels was a joy to read. If you love camping, paddling and history you will love how she intertwines modern water travel with the 1800's and G.W. Sears writings. cathy

A Passage...

I came to know the work of Christine Jerome as a gift from her late husband John. For years John Jerome has been one of my favorite authors. While not, unfortunately, widely read; he remained true to his own voice. In many of his books he mentions his wife Chris, and with John gone I felt compelled to get to know Chris better, through her work. I am so glad I did. This is a fine, wonderful book. I hope to see more from Christine Jerome. Perhaps a biography of John.

An enticing piece of American history.

Christine Jerome not only covers the trips of G. W. Sears through the Adirandack but she covers the rich history of the region in detail. An excellent book for more than the canoe enthusiast.