{"product_id":"canoeing-the-adirondacks-with-nessmuk-dan-brenan-9780815625940","title":"Canoeing the Adirondacks with Nessmuk: The Adirondack Letters of George Washington Sears","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"She's all my fancy painted her, she's lovely, she is light. She waltzes on the waves by day, and rests with me at night. But I had nothing to do with her painting. The man who built her did that. And I commence with the canoe because that is about the first thing you need on entering the Northern Wilderness. \"--Nessmuk \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus opened Nessmuk's first commissioned \"letter\" for \u003ci\u003eForest \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Stream\u003c\/i\u003e in 1880. For years thereafter, George Washington Sears, under the penname Nessmuk, contributed a glorious series of pieces on canoeing the Adirondacks, exploring rivers and streams, climbing the many mountains and peaks, and chronicling his long relationship with one of the greatest canoe builders, J. Henry Rushton. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese letters brought Nessmuk fame and served to increase the magazine's circulation tremendously. They hold a special place in wilderness writing and unfold in vivid detail the pageantry of the waterways from a bygone era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Brenan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815625944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815625940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.54w x 0.49d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1994","brand":"Dan Brenan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994161512703,"sku":"9780815625940","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b6ea7ce2-7094-4d1a-b754-94e1e3237b2c.jpg?v=1683328491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/canoeing-the-adirondacks-with-nessmuk-dan-brenan-9780815625940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}