The Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps: Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth Century

by Margaret K. Nelson and Emily K. Abel

Book Overview

Although summer camps profoundly impact children, they have received little attention from scholars. The well-known Farm & Wilderness (F&W) camps, founded in 1939 by Ken and Susan Webb, resembled most other private camps of the same period in many ways, but F&W also had some distinctive features. Campers and staff took pride in the special ruggedness of the surrounding environment, and delighted in the exceptional rigor of the camping trips and the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978836635
• ISBN13: 9781978836631
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher