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Laura Waterman

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Laura Waterman grew up in New Jersey. Her father, Emily Dickinson scholar, Thomas H. Johnson, taught at the Lawrenceville School. Laura graduated from Hollins University in 1962 with a major in English.

For the decade of the Sixties, she was an editor in book publishing in New York City. In 1969 she began climbing and met Guy Waterman, a speechwriter, formerly on Capitol Hill. The couple were married in l972, and in l973, moved to Vermont to establish an off-the-grid homestead.

For the next nearly 30 years, Laura and Guy collaboratively wrote books about mountain ethics and stewardship, subjects that grew out of their own climbing life. Those titles include The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping (formerly titled Backwoods Ethics) ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 445 ratings · 79 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage 3.94 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness, Special Edition, with an Appreciation of Guy Waterman by Guy Waterman, Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains by Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author), Guy Waterman 4.47 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States by Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author), Guy Waterman, S. Peter Lewis 4.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1993 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mountain Voices: Stories of Life and Adventure in the White Mountains and Beyond by Doug Mayer, Rebecca Oreskes, Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.92 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Guide to Low-Impact Hiking and Camping by Guy Waterman, Guy Waterman, Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author) 3.06 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness: Preserving the Spirit of the Wilderness by Guy Waterman, Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Starvation Shore 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall & True by Laura Waterman (Goodreads Author), Guy Waterman 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars