Outdoor literature

Outdoor literature is a literature genre about or involving the outdoors. Outdoor literature encompasses several different literary genres including writings in outdoor adventure, adventure travel, nature, and the environment. Adventure writing can include exploration, survival, sailing, mountaineering, whitewater boating, kayaking, etc.

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Literature - Literary genre

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Henry David Thoreau's Walden (1845-1847) is an early and influential work. Although not entirely an outdoor work (he lived in a cabin nearby civilization) he expressed the ideas of why people go out into the wilderness to camp, backpack and hike: to get away from the rush of modern society and simplify life. This was a new perspective for the time and thus Walden has had a lasting influence on most outdoor authors.

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Henry David Thoreau - Walden

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The National Outdoor Book Awards was formed in 1997 as a non-profit program which each year honors the best in outdoor writing and publishing.

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National Outdoor Book Awards - 1997

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