I imagine there are other avid readers on here and I’m curious what other folks regard as “required reading” or general recommendations around overlanding. More specifically, I love to read about the history of car culture and how automobiles have influenced how we experience the world around us.
A suggestion I will offer is Driven Wild: How the Fight Against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement by Paul Sutter. I think the book is important because Sutter examines the tension between environmentalism and recreation in the early years of the automobile. It’s not a treatise against cars but it does serve as a reminder that we are all stewards of our public and private wildlands and Sutter offers some insight as to why and how public lands are maintained with conservation in mind. Overall, I think it’s a good read and other’s here might enjoy it.
With that said, what are you reading? What do you recommend? Bonus points for anything that describes early rigs like Thomas du Pont’s Stoddard-Dayton camping car.
A suggestion I will offer is Driven Wild: How the Fight Against Automobiles Launched the Modern Wilderness Movement by Paul Sutter. I think the book is important because Sutter examines the tension between environmentalism and recreation in the early years of the automobile. It’s not a treatise against cars but it does serve as a reminder that we are all stewards of our public and private wildlands and Sutter offers some insight as to why and how public lands are maintained with conservation in mind. Overall, I think it’s a good read and other’s here might enjoy it.
With that said, what are you reading? What do you recommend? Bonus points for anything that describes early rigs like Thomas du Pont’s Stoddard-Dayton camping car.