Laura Waterman
Laura Waterman (born 10 October 1939) is an American author, mountaineer, homesteader, and conservationist, primarily known for her writing on the outdoors, a collaborative effort with her husband Guy Waterman..[1] They were early spokespersons and advocates for the hiking [2]movement of the 1970s[3] with their books Backwoods Ethics and Wilderness Ethics. The Watermans' writing and advocacy are credited with giving significant impetus to the Leave No Trace program[4][5].
The Watermans' devotion to the mountains of the Northeast generated two definitive mountain histories, Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains (1989), and Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States (1993). Their last co-authored book was a collection of fiction and essays, A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True (2000)[6] was published a few months after Guy's death.
Waterman is the subsequent author of three other books: a memoir Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage (2005)[7][8], Starvation Shore[9], a historical novel on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of the 1880s (2019), and a second memoir Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays (2024)[10][11].
She administers The Waterman Fund, supporting education, trail work, and research in the alpine and subalpine zones of Northeastern North America[12]
Publications
Singly authored books
- Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage, Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005, ISBN 978-1593761042
- Starvation Shore, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 2019, ISBN 978-0299323400
- Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays, SUNY Press, Albany, 2024, ISBN 978-1438496245
Coauthored books
- Forest and Crag: A History of Hiking, Trail Blazing, and Adventure in the Northeast Mountains (co-author with Guy Waterman), Excelsior Editions, 1989, ISBN 978-1438475301
- Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness, (co-author with Guy Waterman, Countryman Press, 1992 ISBN 978-0881502565
- Yankee Rock & Ice: A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States (co-author with Guy Waterman), Stackpole Books, 1993, ISBN 978-0811737685
- A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True (co-author with Guy Waterman), Mountaineers Books. 2000, ISBN 978-0898867343
- The Green Guide to Low Impact Hiking and Camping (previously Backwoods Ethics), (co-author with Guy Waterman), Countryman Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0881502572
References
- ^ https://vtdigger.org/2024/03/14/vermont-conversation-acclaimed-vermont-author-laura-waterman-reflects-on-her-life-in-the-mountains-and-her-husbands-death/Goodman, David (March 14, 2024). "Acclaimed Vermont author Laura Waterman reflects on her life in the mountains and her husband's death". VT Digger. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ Mayer, Doug (2012). Mountain Voices. Guy and Laura Waterman, Pioneers of Wilderness Ethics: Appalachian Mountain Club Books. pp. 53–66.
- ^ White, Emily (07/01/2021). "Mountains as Directions for Living". Adventure (2L): 64–69.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Leave No Trace: How It Came to be | IJW". 11 December 2018.
- ^ https://www.lnt.org/sites/default/files/Leave_No_Trace_History_Paper.pdf
- ^ "AAC Publications - A Fine Kind of Madness: Mountain Adventures Tall and True".
- ^ "Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage | Wood Lit | Wood Lit". June 2005.
- ^ "Review of Losing the Garden". 18 August 2009.
- ^ "Corinth writer solo-climbs a new literary mountain". Associated Press News. 9 April 2019.
- ^ Calling Wild Places Home.
- ^ "Calling Wild Places Home".
- ^ "Board of Directors".