Up to the last line, “I went home to Pennsylvania and took up plowing,” she sustains perfectly the self-derisory note of the campfire raconteur.

But the real reason that the Camp Fire Girls are of note here, in the days of internet findings and ways to get distracted from the work we need to get done, is the books.

The Camp Fire Girls of Reading were invited to the first national hobby show for girls, held in New York City on October 1, 1934. The Reading Times reported the local group’s invitation in an… ...

Few things mark the arrival of summertime like an epic camping trip — driving to your favorite forest, staking out the perfect woodland nook, stocking up on tons of chocolatey smores, and ...

Girls like to play outdoors with fire just like boys, and Karen Brooks, Diane Morgan and Reed Darmon submit as evidence the new book "Dressed to Grill" (Chronicle Books; $16.95).

Pull up a campfire, this ranger can tell a story: Book recalls pioneers and bygone days News | Mar 17, 2005 Gregory Crofton ...

Van Orden says he was giving medical instruction to two officers whom he refers to as "cute girls" in his book.