The Last Resort: Journal of a Salt River Camp 1942-43

Goodlett, John C.,Showalter, Sallie Goodlett

ISBN 10: 0999254006 / ISBN 13: 9780999254004

Published by Murky Press, 2017

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Synopsis:

In 1942, a 19-year-old University of Kentucky biology student began keeping a logbook at the camp he and a buddy had built along Salt River in central Kentucky. Part field journal, part diary, it chronicles the outdoor adventures of a group of young men in rural America just before they are called to serve during World War II. Their story is a reminder of a time when our lives were more rooted in the natural world, before a global war and the industries and public institutions it spawned accelerated our dislocation from our homes and our land. After serving as a lieutenant in Patton’s army, the author, John C. Goodlett, continued his studies as a biologist at Harvard Forest and eventually accepted a position as a plant geographer at Johns Hopkins University. His life was cut short at age 44, but his academic contributions and these earliest journal notations reveal a man committed to the study of the natural world and the joys it offers its human inhabitants.

About the Author: John C. Goodlett was a professor of plant geography at Johns Hopkins University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Last Resort: Journal of a Salt River ...
Publisher: Murky Press
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: paperback
Illustrator: Grinnell, Barbara; Gilbreath, Dick
Condition: Very Good