Great Camps of the Adirondacks

Great Camps of the Adirondacks is the first and foremost guide to historic camps within the spectacular forest preserve of Adirondack Park. When this book was originally published in 1982, it launched a campaign for the preservation of these architectural treasures while also sparking a trend in great camp-inspired home design. Today, the great camps are all under nonprofit, state, or private control. No longer just the seasonal homes of investment bankers such as Adolph Lewisohn who, 120 years ago, visited his 'Great Camp' with a staff of forty to minister to his guests' comfort in the wilds. Whatever the history and fate of each camp, they speak to us now as homes built to serve as beautiful reflections of the land itself.