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  27/1/2002 -- Ah, wilderness
Wilderness areas are simply the best places to enjoy hiking, hunting, fishing, bird-watching, camping, cross-country skiing, and canoeing.
In a wilderness, trees can grow to ''old growth'' maturity, and other plant and animal species, including endangered ones, are best able to survive.
But wilderness advocates point out that, with ample private timberland available in the state, the Green Mountain National Forest has not been a major source of wood in Vermont - just 1 percent of the state's timber comes from the national forest.
forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=7035   (783 words)

  
 Ah Wilderness - Discussion Message Board Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
When is a wilderness paradise enough to evoke a sigh.Well I heard several ah's of remembrance.
Although Ah Wilderness explores the themes of family.could be.called heartwarming nostalgia.
Ah Wilderness opened on Broadway in October.classics of the.American theatre.
www.webula.net /boards?b=web_Ah_Wilderness_1113900351   (204 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It is the story of Richard Miller, a 17 year-old Swinburne- and Wilde-reading intellectual pretty obviously based on O'Neill's memory of himself as an adolescent.
In any case, O'Neill showed with this play that he was just as adept at depicting life in a happy family as he was at depicting more tragic situations, and in doing so he provided posterity with a very entertaining comedy.
Incidentally, in addition to this version, "Ah, Wilderness!" is available, along with "A Touch of the Poet," "Hughie," and "A Moon for the Misbegotten," in the Modern Library compilation "The Later Plays of Eugene O'Neill" (also sold by Amazon).
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 Ah, Wilderness!: Other Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
June 4th, 2005—Pecos Wilderness, north side June 4th is NATIONAL TRAILS DAY and we will participate by working on a trail on the north side...
FEBRUARY 5th, 2005 Join the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, the Coalition for Valle Vidal, the Coalition for Otero Mesa and Natural Resources Defense Council for a rally for America's wildest public lands, focusing on Otero Mesa, Valle Vidal, and the...
Below is a summary of the positive wilderness legislation that is pending in the current Congress [for the Four Corners states -- other areas also have legislation pending].
www.mjhinton.com /wild/cat_other.htm   (5229 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!: New Mexico's Wilderness
This month, the nation is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which was approved Sept. 3, 1964.
When it comes to wilderness, New Mexico is home to many firsts— not just the first wilderness in the nation, but also the first wild and scenic river (the Rio Grande) and the first Bureau of Land Management wilderness areas (the Bisti and De-na-zin).
Two percent of New Mexico's public lands are wilderness compared with 8 percent in Arizona and 14 percent in California, he said.
www.mjhinton.com /wild/000824.htm   (312 words)

  
 'Ah, Wilderness'
"Ah, Wilderness" American playwright O'Neill's semi-autobiographical comedy, is set in a small Connecticut town on the July Fourth weekend of 1906.
An affectionate and witty drama, "Ah, Wilderness" resembles many of O'Neill's tragic plays as it delves into family conflicts and struggles, but this time he takes a different perspective and sees the humor in life's difficulties.
The Decorah performance of "Ah, Wilderness" is sponsored by Telnet and the Decorah Band and Trust Company.
publicinformation.luther.edu /ahwilderness.html   (590 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness! Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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Ah, Wilderness was made into a 1935 movie directed by Clarence Brown, starring Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Eric Linden, and Cecilia Parker, with a young Mickey Rooney in the central role.
www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Ah,_Wilderness%21   (299 words)

  
 inMotion: Ah, Wilderness! Adventure lures in mixed groups
Wilderness Inquiry sojourns combine adults and youths with and without disabilities on trips that offer outdoor education and adventure.
Wilderness Inquiry was born during the mid-70s before the passage of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act.
Wilderness Inquiry is located at 1313 Fifth St. S.E., Box 84, Minneapolis, MN 55414-1546.
www.amputee-coalition.org /inmotion/jun_jul_96/callwild.html   (1162 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!: Honey over Bittnerness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
“Wilderness” suggests something untamed, unpredictable, and perhaps dangerous—a place or time in which one might become lost and perish—but the “Ah” which precedes it expresses a sentimental satisfaction with, even an affection for, that wilderness.
The idea of wilderness is a recurring motif in O’Neill’s work.
Unlike O’Neill, he emerges relatively unscathed, with only a hangover on his conscience, and the audience feels assured that, in his struggles through the wilderness of adolescence, Richard is more likely to follow the moderate path forged by his father than to wander aimlessly like his Uncle Sid.
www.bard.org /Education/Other/wildernesshoney.html   (985 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Richard Rodriguez Essay -- December 4, 1996
Some weeks ago when a huge portion of Utah was protected by presidential signature, most modern--that is to say most urban Americans approved the notion of wilderness protected.
Earlier generations of Americans, on the other hand, did not so readily believe in wilderness so much as they did the farm.
Beyond the farm was wilderness, where the savage lived, where danger lurked, and death.
www.pbs.org /newshour/essays/wilderness_12-5.html   (557 words)

  
 Misery in the ‘Wilderness’ By ANN BENNETT THEATER REVIEWER “Ah, Wilderness” is described as Eugene O’Neill’s only ...
"Ah, Wilderness" is described as Eugene O’Neill’s only comedy; his "sunny" play.
Yes, "Ah, Wilderness" is definitely less depressing and angst-ridden than the bulk of O’Neill’s output — but it’s certainly not comedy.
"Ah, Wilderness" is, no doubt, a tribute to Eugene O’Neill, an American icon who was in need of a good editor.
www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2003/July/19/style/stories/05style.htm   (722 words)

  
 Ah, wilderness! Ah, the sound of cell-phone gossip! Ah, nuts!
Gary Paull, wilderness and trails coordinator at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, spoke of the experience as if watching a stranger taking a bathroom break.
The federal Wilderness Act of 1964, written to ensure that citizens would always have places to roam free from the trappings of civilization, decrees that such areas retain their "primeval character and influence" and keep "the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable."
Deb Schweizer, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service, said there was no policy on the use of cell phones in nature, adding that their safety in times of trouble far outweighs the annoyance they cause.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/169827_cellphone20.html   (738 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness, a CurtainUp review
Shorn of bluster and pretense, he's a boy we can be sure will become a man his parents can be proud of.
Sullivan begins the play with the actors grouped as though for a family portrait, which in a way is what Ah, Wilderness!
What follows is staged simply, on and around a platform at the center of Thomas Lynch's spare scenery.
www.curtainup.com /ahwild2.html   (701 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!
Horizon" and knew he was the real stuff of the theater, being he was the son of
"Ah, Wilderness!" was the first time Cohan appeared on stage in a play written
"Ah, Wilderness" was made into a film twice (1935) with an all-star MGM cast,
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 Fly-Fishing - Pyna-tee-ah Fishing Adventures
Quesnel Lake, formed by glaciers during the ice age, is the deepest fjord lake on earth at over 2000 feet in depth with over 360 miles of shoreline and an overall length of 80 miles.
Besides exquisite wilderness river fishing, Quesnel Lake and the multitude of smaller surrounding waters offers a fabulous stillwater fishery from early spring onward with opportunity to catch trophy'bows using fry patterns, nymphs, dry flies, caddis, and our own unique flies and techniques.
Share a memorable wilderness flyfishing adventure for trophy trout with us in British Columbia, Kanada.
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The water on which we paddle is an opaque brown, from the mud, but I am nonetheless grateful for the water, for the heat, for the light dust, for all that I’ve seen on this first day.
I worried in the van when Tall Doctor Dave started reading the article, worried that the trip brochure promising wild and scenic wilderness was some scam.
Now I’m worried about Solnit and her readers, and am more than willing to side with the guides and their terse dismissal of “Sierra negativism.” I’m not sure what Solnit was looking for on her trip, but I doubt she and I came looking for the same thing.
al.gcsu.edu /d_moore2.htm   (4640 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness tickets - Ah, Wilderness information - St. Louis
Ah, Wilderness tickets - Ah, Wilderness information - St. Louis
Ah, Wilderness is Eugene O'Neill's nostalgic recollection of a past that never really was.
On one day's journey from boyhood innocence to adult understanding in a small Connecticut town at the turn of the 20th century, a shy, romantic young man awakens to the pleasures and perils of his new world.
www.theatermania.com /content/show.cfm/show/17299   (192 words)

  
 Theatre Reviews Limited: "Ah, Wilderness!"
A more apt subtitle for Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" (nominated for Best Revival of a Play) might be "Richard's Story in Three Acts".
The power of Nat's rediscovery of his wife as a person and their mutual discovery of the goodness and resilience of their Son Richard does not need a Victorian bedroom to drive the point home.
Affirmations O'Neill would have made about America in the 1930s but which are national characteristics still being developed as we move into the new wilderness of the twenty-first century.
www.theatrereviews.com /pastreviews/wildernes.html   (802 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness! tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Tickets are priced at $10, $15, or $20 and may be reserved by contacting the box office of the Paul Bunyan Playhouse in downtown Bemidji (218-751-7270) between 2-6 p.m.
The Guthrie 2002 regional tour features a full-scale remount of its 1999 main stage production of "Ah, Wilderness!" Written by Eugene O'Neill, the comedy is set in a small Connecticut town over the Fourth of July weekend in 1906.
A sunny tale laced with humor, the plot centers on the Miller family and their teenage son Richard, who is teetering on the edge of manhood.
info.bemidji.msus.edu /news/theater/theater02/ah.html   (234 words)

  
 Stage to Screen - Ah, Wilderness! - Behind the Scenes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The screenplay was remade in 1948 as SUMMER HOLIDAY, and Mickey Rooney was cast in the main role as Richard.
"Ah, Wilderness!" opened on stage in 1933 and earned O'Neill $75,000.00.
While writing "Days Without End," O'Neill struggled with writer's block and decided he needed a break.
learning.turner.com /tcmbythebook/stage/ah_behind.html   (75 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Considered Eugene O’Neill’s only comedy (assuming you’ve never seen Long Day’s Journey into Night while high), Ah, Wilderness is a gentle slice-of-life of the Miller family in New London, Connecticut circa 1906.
Ah, Wilderness is the kind of Americana that is startlingly naturalistic, including lengthy scenes around the dinner table with over-lapping dialogue and embarrassing silences that are stunningly life-like.
Unfortunately, the audio is showing a bit of deterioration, with poor fidelity that gives a flutter to the quite a bit of the dialogue.
www.classicsondvd.com /ahwild.htm   (539 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
What roads existed here then were dirt and rock and a trip to the mountains from Albuquerque was an enterprise requiring some planning beyond tossing a bottle of water and a tube of sunscreen into the back seat.
Fifty years old this year, the AMRC is a wilderness and search and rescue team, one of several working in New Mexico.
Viewing the wilderness crest of the Sandias reminds us that it is the land of enchantment we must preserve for all who will follow us.
mjhinton.com /wild   (12208 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness! 1935 Movie Filmed in Grafton Massachusetts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Ah, Wilderness would be musicalized (and bowdlerized) by MGM as the 1947 film Summer Holiday.
In the article that lists the Grafton people who appeared in the movie "Ah Wilderness!" the name of Abby's father, Horace S. "Hod" Warren should have been there.
I sent a copy of the Ah Wilderness video to my uncles Gordon CLARK and Ted CLARK.
freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~history/grafton/ahwilderness.html   (364 words)

  
 JS Online: 'Ah, Wilderness!' will whet appetite
You may go to the Cornerstone Theatre Company production of "Ah, Wilderness!" expecting to see only a dramatization of Eugene O'Neill's sole comedy, but you will leave the performance hungry.
That's the pledge from Carol Hirschi, Cornerstone's producer and self-described "kitchen wench" for this show.
A version of this story appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on March 14, 2003.
www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/arts/mar03/125128.asp   (165 words)

  
 A CurtainUp Feature: Second Thoughts #6: Ah, Wilderness!,
It is their example that guides what he does with his adolescent hormonal urges as much as the books he reads.
Speaking of those books, the overlapping poetic references made by the younger son underscores the connection between Wilderness and Journey.
AW --Sullivan begins the play with the actors grouped as though for a family portrait, which in a way is what Ah, Wilderness!
www.curtainup.com /ahwisec6.html   (1213 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!: Eugene O'Neill's play about his best friends as a kid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Ah, Wilderness!: Eugene O'Neill's play about his best friends as a kid
Despite all the praise and awards he received during his career, the Pulitzer and Nobel prize winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill was not a content man. Nor were the fictional characters he created for the stage especially enviable.
This story was published on June 12, 1998.
www-tech.mit.edu /V118/N28/wilderness.28a.html   (720 words)

  
 Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
Company founded by Dora Mavor Moore in Toronto, Ontario, in 1946.
The company's first season was staged at the Royal Ontario Museum and included Synge's Playboy of the Western World, Strindberg's The Father, Maugham's The Circle and O'Neill's Ah!
In 1956, the company extended to include a school.
www.canadiantheatre.com /dict.pl?term=New%20Play%20Society   (306 words)

  
 Talkin' Broadway: Ah, Wilderness!
Like a bull in a china cabinet, he propels his body erratically flinging his every limb and spewing each line with complete reckless abandon.
O'Neill's comedy is like a tasty bowl of Lucky Charms; sprinkled with a yellow diamond cast and filled to the brim by the milk of Daniel Sullivan's direction with sweet sentimentality sans emotional saccharine, Ah, Wilderness is magically delicious!
The King Cole Bar (located in the St. Regis Hotel on 55th between Madison and Fifth Avenues) is a beautiful place for a cocktail, but, get drunk somewhere else and head over for a single night cap.
www.talkinbroadway.com /world/ah.html   (1066 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Ah, Wilderness! : Review
There's an aching melancholy beneath the surface of Ah, Wilderness!, the wistful and charming, if not completely successful adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill comedy.
As befits an MGM film of the era, production values are top-notch.
If Wilderness could stand a little more wildness, it's still an entertaining and touching little film.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/702/review.jhtml   (270 words)

  
 Ah, Wilderness!
The place is called Resumidero and we all loved it on first sight.
It was perfect -- up until it was ruined.
If wolves become habituated to livestock, or if they threaten humans, they absolutely should be removed to remote wilderness.
www.mjhinton.com /wild   (12208 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! (Broadway Theatre Archive) (1976): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This item is part of The Broadway Theatre Archive Series.
The balance of affection and sorrow is handled with sure skill, both in the play and in the production, which features O'Neill stalwart Geraldine Fitzgerald, as well as actors like Swoosie Kurtz and Linda Hunt, who would go on to future stardom.
Sweet but not saccharine, sad but not bitter, Ah, Wilderness!
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005R1NT?v=glance   (550 words)

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