The Farm & Wilderness Summer Camps Progressive Ideals in the Twentieth Century

"Tamarack Farm, the Farm and Wilderness work camp, changed my life during my four summers. Counsellors and campers opened my eyes to a bigger world and encouraged me to help make it a better world. This book is a labor of love that describes why so many of us feel that way about FW. - John Wilhelm (Tamarack Farm 1960-63, retired union president) "In this engaging consideration of the Farm and Wilderness camps, the authors use the scholarly tools of their respective disciplines to produce a case-study that is simultaneously deeply respectful and critically analytical. Their willingness to address a range of issues-among them, racial inequality, gender politics, sexual abuse, and the appropriation of Native American culture-make this a must-read, not just for their fellow FW alums, but for anyone committed to seeing summer camps thrive in the 21st century." - Abigail A. Van Slyck (author of A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890-1960)