Notes from the wilderness.

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• I Can't Take It Any S'more! America's most abominable dessert.
  Liesl Schillinger July 20, 2006
  
• You Are How You Camped What your enjoyment of sleep-away camp, or lack of same, says about your character.
  Timothy Noah July 20, 2006
  
• My Summers at Nerd Camp Geology, study hall, and "mandatory fun."
  Meghan O'Rourke July 20, 2006
  
• A Manufactured Wilderness The history of the American summer camp.
  Abigail A. Van Slyck July 20, 2006
  
• Minor Gods Why camp is for the counselors.
  Seth Stevenson July 20, 2006
  
• Notes From the Wilderness Slate's summer camp issue.
  July 20, 2006
  
• Bunks on Film The heady adolescence of summer-camp cinema.
  Daniel Engber July 20, 2006