{"product_id":"adventures-in-the-wilderness-paperback","title":"Adventures in the Wilderness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam H. H. Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam K. Verner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWarder H. Cadbuury\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. H. Murray wrote his celebrated book in the spring of 1869 to introduce city-dwellers to the rewards of camping in the wilderness. Thousands of tourists streamed to the Adirondacks that summer in what was known as \"Murray's Rush.\" Unfortunately, most had not read the book carefully, and that summer was unusually wet and cold. The result was an enormous outcry against Murray and his \"lies,\" to which he responded with vigor in an article published in the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew-York Daily Tribune, \u003c\/em\u003eOctober 23, 1869, and included here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam H. H. Murray\u003c\/b\u003e was a prominent Boston clergyman, horse breeder, and camping enthusiast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam K. Verner\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Schenectady Museum and Planetarium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarder H. Cadbury\u003c\/b\u003e teaches philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany and is an authority on Murray.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.96 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130499371143,"sku":"9780815624660","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/fe75566473ca60b30c1a8cde8142c812.webp?v=1732611324","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/adventures-in-the-wilderness-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}