Woodcraft and Camping - The Original Classic Edition

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Reference, Fiction & Literature

• Author: Sears George
• ISBN: 9781486416028
• Publisher: Emereo Publishing
• Publication: October 24, 2012
• Imprint: Emereo Publishing
• Language: English

If you wish to take the art of wilderness camping to its simplist form this is the book to read. An oldie but goodie. This is where it all started.

Contents:

A Ten Days Trip in the Wilderness-Going It Alone

Camp Cooking-How It Is Usually Done, with a Few Simple Hints on Plain Cooking-Cooking Fire and Out-Door Range

Camp-Fires and Their Importance-The Wasteful, Wrong Way They Are Usually Made, and the Right Way to Make Them

Fishing, With and Without Flies-Some Tackle and Lures-Discursive Remarks on the Gentle Art-The Headlight-Frogging

Getting Lost-Camping Out-Roughing It or Smoothing It-Insects-Camps, and How to Make Them v Knapsack, Hatchet, Knives, Tinware, Rods, Fishing Tackle, Ditty-Bag

More Hints on Cooking, with Some Simple Receipts-Bread, Coffee, Potatoes, Soup, Stews, Beans, Fish, Meat, Venison

Odds and Ends-Where to go for an Outing-Why a Clinker?-Boughs and Browse Overwork and Recreation-Outing and Outers-How to Do It, and Why They Miss It The Light Canoe and Double Blade-Various Canoes for Various Canoeists-Reasons for Preferring the Clinker-Built Cedar