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Library Tidings
Book Review
“Camping Grounds” by
Phoebe S. K. Young
Camping appears to be
a simple proposition, a
time-honored way of getting
away from it all. Pack up the
car and hit the road in search
of a shady spot in the great
outdoors. For a modest fee,
reserve the basic infrastruc-
ture — a picnic table, a park-
ing spot and a place to build
a fire. Pitch the tent and
unroll the sleeping bags. Sit
under the stars with friends
or family and roast some
marshmallows.
This book reveals that, for
all its appeal, the simplicity
of camping is deceptive, its
history and meanings far
from obvious.
Why do some Americans
find pleasure in sleeping
outside, particularly when
so many others, past and
present, have had to do so
for reasons other than recre-
ation? Never only a vacation
choice, camping has been
something people do out of
dire necessity and as a tact
of political protest. Yet the
dominant interpretation of
camping as a modern rec-
reational ideal has obscured
the connections to these oth-
er roles.
A closer look at the his-
tory of camping since the
Civil War reveals a deeper
significance of this Ameri-
can tradition and its links to
core beliefs about nature and
national belonging.
“Camping Grounds” re-
discovers unexpected and in-
terwoven histories of sleep-
ing outside. It uses extensive
research to trace surprising
links between veterans,
tramps, John Muir, Afri-
can American freed people,
Indian communities, and
early leisure campers in the
nineteenth century: tin-can
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tourists, federal campground
designers, Depression-era
transients, family campers,
backpacking enthusiasts and
political activists in the 20th
century; and the crisis of the
unsheltered and the tent-
based Occupy Movement in
the 21st.
These entwined stories
show how Americans camp
to claim a place in the Amer-
ican republic and why the
outdoors is critical to how we
relate to nature, the nation,
and each other.
Siuslaw Public Library En-
dowment fund.
Among the books are a
wide variety of biographies,
including: “Abe: Abraham
Lincoln in his Times” by Da-
vid S. Reynolds; “Bookish
Broads: Women Who Wrote
Themselves Into History” by
Lauren Marino; “The Girl
Explorers” by Jayne Zanglein;
“Jim Bridger: Trailblazer of
the American West” by Jerry
Enzler; “The Last American
Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life
and Improbable Education
of Henry Adams” by David
Endowment Books:
S. Brown; “Lives of the Sto-
Spotlight on Biography
ics: The Art of Living from
Several hundred books Zeno to Marcus Aurelius” by
were purchased this year Ryan Holliday and Stephen
with funds provided by the Hanselman; “Mike Nichols:
A Life” by Mark Harris; “Sta-
lin: Passage to Revolution”
by Ronald Grigor Suny; and
“The Van Gogh Sisters” by
Willem-Jan Verlinden.
Summer Food Service
Program for Kids
Free lunch is provided to
kids 18 years of age and un-
der from 12:20 to 12:40 p.m.
at the back entrance of the
library.
This service, running
through Aug. 27 and ad-
ministered by the U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture,
is a federally-funded, state
administered program to
provide nutritious meals and
snacks when school is not in
session.
IRS Criminal Investigation warns taxpayers about Child Tax Credit Scams
The Internal Revenue Ser-
vice (IRS) Criminal Investi-
gation Division is warning
taxpayers about Child Tax
Credit-related scams, which
criminals may use to steal
money and personal infor-
mation.
While millions of Amer-
ican families started receiv-
ing the advance Child Tax
Credit payments last week,
criminals were already look-
ing for innovative tactics to
take advantage of unwitting
victims. Taxpayers should
be on the lookout for a va-
riety of phone, e-mail, text
message and social media
scams targeting families el-
igible for the credit.
Any communication of-
fering assistance to sign up
for the Child Tax Credit or
to speed up the monthly
payments is likely a scam.
When receiving unsolicited
calls or messages, taxpayers
should not provide personal
information, click on links, or
open attachments as this may
lead to money loss, tax-relat-
ed fraud, and identity theft.
“For the first time, Amer-
icans are receiving advance
payments of the child tax
credit, giving rise to historic
relief for millions of working
families. Unfortunately, with
these payments, there are
those who, driven by greed,
will try to exploit you for your
child tax credit payment,”
said IRS Criminal Investi-
gation Acting Special Agent
in Charge Corinne Kalve.
“Taxpayers need to be aware
of these threats and act with
caution.”
According to Scott Erik
Asphaug, Acting U.S. Attor-
ney for the District of Ore-
gon, “Advance payment of the
child tax credit will give much
needed support to millions of
American families. Unfortu-
nately, some individuals see
these payments as an oppor-
tunity to enrich themselves at
the cost of hardworking par-
ents. Along with our partners
at IRS, we will do everything
in our power to prevent crim-
inals from taking advantage
of these families.”
Although scammers con-
stantly come up with new
schemes to try and catch
taxpayers off-guard, there
are simple ways to identify
if it is truly the IRS reaching
out.
• The IRS does not initiate
contact with taxpayers via
e-mail, text messages or social
media channels to request
personal or financial infor-
mation, even information re-
lated to the Child Tax Credit.
• The IRS does not leave
pre-recorded, urgent or
threatening messages. Ag-
gressive calls warning taxpay-
ers about a lawsuit or arrest
are fake.
• The IRS will not call tax-
payers asking them to pro-
vide or verify financial in-
formation so they can obtain
the monthly Child Tax Credit
payments.
• The IRS will not ask for
payment via a gift card, wire
transfer or cryptocurrency.
For taxpayers eligible for
advance payments of the
Child Tax Credit, the IRS
will use information from
their 2020 or 2019 tax return
to automatically enroll them
for advance payments. Tax-
payers do not have to take
any additional action. Tax-
payers who are not required
to file a tax return or who
have not provided the IRS for the Child Tax Credit.
their information, may visit
To
report
suspicious
IRS.gov/childtaxcredit2021 IRS-related phishing and on-
to provide basic information line scams, visit IRS.gov.
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