{"product_id":"from-the-lookout-kathleen-harris-9780870209383","title":"From the Lookout: Memories of Peninsula State Park's Summer Camp for Girls","description":"For every summer from 1916 to 1948, Camp Meenahga, on the picturesque shoreline of Lake Michigan in Door County's Peninsula State Park, hosted young girls and women from across the United States and Canada. From July to September each year, campers slept in canvas tents, told stories beside a massive stone fireplace, swam, canoed, sailed, hiked, rode horses, and watched the sunset from the Lookout, a gazebo with a spectacular view of the waters of Green Bay. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With big ideas, little money, and no experience, Alice Orr Clark and Frances Louise \"Kidy\" Mabley founded Meenahga as a place for young women to refine their manners, enjoy outdoor leisure activities, and learn woodcraft.\u003ci\u003e From the Lookout\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of these experiences, a history of Camp Meenahga informed by what campers, counselors, and others left behind, including letters home, notes from Clark and Mabley, and many pages from the camp yearbook and newsletter \u003ci\u003ePack and Paddle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brimming with nostalgia, \u003ci\u003eFrom the Lookout\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the sights, sounds, and smells of an idyllic summer retreat, one that long after it closed lived on as a place of respite in the memories of those who knew and loved it best. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0870209388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780870209383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wisconsin Historical Society Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Kathleen Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991430627583,"sku":"9780870209383","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e98fb05-b8e9-4785-8a4b-4c93627af0aa.jpg?v=1683310250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-the-lookout-kathleen-harris-9780870209383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}