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Great Camp Sagamore : the Vanderbilts' Adirondack retreat / Beverly Bridger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Charleston, SC : History Press, 2012.Description: 127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781609495893
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 974.7/5 23
LOC classification:
  • F127.A2 B664 2012
Contents:
Foreword, by Albert G. Vanderbilt -- Margaret -- The Gilded Age -- The Adirondack vacation: to your health -- The architectural legacy of William West Durant -- The wealthiest young man in America -- Expanding the camp: housing the children -- Improving the infrastructure -- Expanding the camp: serving the guests -- Sports and games -- Sagamore pets -- Margaret's most horrifying hour -- Living in the workers' village -- Bark and artisans: creating the rustic style -- Call me Mrs. Emerson -- Sagamore after Margaret -- What is a great camp? -- National designations -- Maintaining and preserving sagamore -- Taking care of Sagamore now -- The volunteer program -- Appropriate use: programs -- Grands -- The great outdoors -- Adirondack traditional arts and culture -- Retreats -- Great camps history -- Historic district -- There is only one Great Camp Sagamore.
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Books Books Stickley Museum Library (Non-Circulating) In Process F127.A2 B664 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SMCF25060181

Updated edition of Bridger's earlier work, Mrs. Vanderbilt's Sagamore. Raquette Lake, N.Y. : Sagamore Institute, 2003.

Includes index.

Foreword, by Albert G. Vanderbilt -- Margaret -- The Gilded Age -- The Adirondack vacation: to your health -- The architectural legacy of William West Durant -- The wealthiest young man in America -- Expanding the camp: housing the children -- Improving the infrastructure -- Expanding the camp: serving the guests -- Sports and games -- Sagamore pets -- Margaret's most horrifying hour -- Living in the workers' village -- Bark and artisans: creating the rustic style -- Call me Mrs. Emerson -- Sagamore after Margaret -- What is a great camp? -- National designations -- Maintaining and preserving sagamore -- Taking care of Sagamore now -- The volunteer program -- Appropriate use: programs -- Grands -- The great outdoors -- Adirondack traditional arts and culture -- Retreats -- Great camps history -- Historic district -- There is only one Great Camp Sagamore.

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