{"product_id":"in-the-wilderness-9780815624936","title":"In the Wilderness","description":"\u003cp\u003eCited in \u003ci\u003eAdirondack Life\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the twenty-five most collectible books about the Adirondacks ever to appear, these essays were first published in book form in 1878. Warner's main theme is the small, often-ludicrous figure that the human being cuts in the wilderness. His urbane satire takes the starch out of \"the tin-can and paper collar tourists\" who were beginning to flock to the Adirondacks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarner also appeals to the sensibilities of his readers, then and now, as in the piece on \"A-Hunting of the Deer,\" which is written from the deer's point of view. And in dead pan worthy of his friend and neighbor Mark Twain, he frequently pulls the reader's leg, as in his description of a hastily built woods \"shanty\" \"It needs but a few of these skins to cover the roof, and they make a perfectly watertight roof, except when it rains.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWarner's love of nature, combined with his humor and social satire, makes \u003ci\u003eIn the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e as good a read now as it was more than a century ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815624936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.51w x 0.54d","brand":"Charles Dudley Warner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43251375341749,"sku":"9780815624936","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8c8ca4b-e6fe-4036-82b7-b2f9a4b8eae8.jpg?v=1699371633","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-the-wilderness-9780815624936","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}