Description
As a child in the 1930s, Spence spent several summers on Upper Saranac Lake, over which his imperious blue-blooded Kentucky grandfather presided. Using his grandfather as a focal point, the author depicts the construction, decor and lifestyle associated with the great camps. While his grandfather indulged a life of patrician arrogance by recasting his ancestors as Civil War heroes and cultivating the local elite, Bud, the young scion of his line, took up more practical pursuits. His tutor was the camp's handyman and erstwhile guide, an uncouth Swede who relished profanity and waged daily battles with a tin boat.
Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 06/01/2002
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.22w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780815607281
ISBN10: 0815607288
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 06/01/2002
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.22w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780815607281
ISBN10: 0815607288
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
About the Author
Lewis Spence (1920-1998) was a correspondent for Time magazine.