Download or read book City in the Woods written by Ellen B. Weiss and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully written and abundantly illustrated study of Wesleyan Grove, the Martha's Vineyard camp meeting, reveals how the values inherent in this campground community--a physical environment of psychic dislocation, social density, and nature immersion--are among the sources of the American urge to live in the suburbs.