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Course Guide ~ WRTG 111/ Adventure Writing

Government Documents

An Example

Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of New York
See pages 62-72 for an example of adventure writing about the Adirondacks in 1873. The pages document the journey of Verplanck Colvin's survey team's arduous November journey from the St. Lawrence-Herkimer county line to Port Henry on the shores of Lake Champlain.
 

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