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Rachel Gross

Rachel S. Gross is an assistant professor of history at the University of Colorado Denver and the author of Shopping All the Way to the Woods: How the Outdoor Industry Sold Nature to America.

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Shopping All the Way to the Woods: Rachel Gross

From Gore-Tex to do-it-yourself kits, hear how synthetic fibers have transformed the outdoor industry.

Bob Gore’s Cozy Revolution

Gore-Tex changed the way Americans went outside.