Download or read book Camping s Forgotten Skills written by Cliff Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camping s Forgotten Skills written by Cliff Jacobson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camping has changed since the days of pine bough beds and bonfires. "No longer is it ethical to shape the land to suit our whims." Keeping this in mind, Jacobson explores the advances in modern camping, distinguishing high tech from high hype, and concludes that we can still make do without buying out the stores if we use a little ingenuity. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Life Is Short and the World Is Wide written by Travel Time and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Camping Journal is the perfect way to record your adventures and keep track of those special places you've been and people you've met. Your Camping Journal makes an amazing: Camping Activity Book Memory Keepsake Book Family Camping Vacation Journal Adventure Journal Gift for full time RVers Retirement Gift for Travelers Campsite Log and Planner Campfire Dreams & Starry Skies - Life is an Adventure and you'll want to Remember Every Moment! 110 pages to record your trips & experiences Track all your campsite information on detailed forms 6 in x 9 in size, not too big or too small Writing prompts help you remember your favorite moments Preview interior using "look inside" on a computer browser
Download or read book The Book Of Camping And Woodcraft Legacy Edition written by Horace Kephart and published by Doublebit Press. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kephart's original how-to manual for the outdoors! This is the original handbook from the master of outdoors instruction. In this Legacy Edition premium reprint of the first version of Kephart's masterwork (in its final fifth edition printing), learn all of the essential, but often forgotten skills of classic camping and outdoors travel, including camping, camp cookery, clothing, hiking and wayfinding, outdoors gear and outfits, beating bugs and the elements, handling emergency situations, woods tools and axemanship, catching your dinner by hunting and fishing, and tanning skins and pelts. This first version of this book (in its final fifth edition, printed 1912) is the shorter, more concise publication compared to Kephart's later expansion of this work, called Camping and Woodcraft from 1917 (over 800 pages total sold as two volumes combined). Note: This printing is of the fifth edition of the first version (1912), not the first edition (1906). It has been expanded by the author from the previous four editions. About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency. As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Great care has been taken by the publishing team to preserve this work with clean images, clear text, and high-quality photographic editing. For outdoors enthusiasts who demand the best from their equipment, this Doublebit Press Legacy Edition reprint was made with you in mind. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations. Every book selected to be in this series offers unique views and instruction on important skills, advice, tips, tidbits, anecdotes, stories, and experiences that will enrichen the repertoire of any person who enjoys escaping the city and finding their way to the trails of the wilds. To learn the most basic building blocks of outdoors life leads to mastery of all its aspects. This book is an important contribution to the early American recreational outdoors literature and has important historical and collector value toward preserving the American outdoors tradition. The goal of the Library of American Outdoors Classics is to preserve and share the works from forgotten teachers of outdoors life that form the cornerstone of the history of the American outdoors. Through remastered reprint editions of timeless classics of outdoor recreation, perhaps lost knowledge can be regained for future generations. The books in this library have been chosen because much of the basic skills and knowledge they contain have been forgotten or put to the wayside in lieu of more modern conveniences and methods. This volume is worth close study as well as collection by outdoors folk in the modern era of outdoors and traditional skills life.
Download or read book The Book of Camp Lore and Woodcraft written by Daniel Carter Beard and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical guide book with the old-timey and folksy wisdom for outdoor activities in the early 20th century. Through this book, the author, an expert outdoorsman and founder of the scouting movement in America, takes the children on a camping trip and instructs them to build fireplaces and light fires, design campsites, set up tents, cook pancakes, pack a pony, handle an axe, and so on.
Download or read book Camp And Trail Methods Legacy Edition written by Elmer Kreps and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-29 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tips and Tricks for Life on the Trail! This reprint edition of the classic Camp and Trail Methods by Elmer Kreps brings to light many of the old-time tricks and traditional ways of the woods that some of the more comprehensive instruction manuals leave out. Originally published in 1910, this book includes less-common, but enjoyable activities of the wilds.Activities discussed within include: backwoods travel, snowshoeing and snowshoe making, toboggan and sled making, trapping, fur preparation and buckskin tanning, skiing, clothing for the outdoors, and bushcraft. This text was a popular volume originally published by the A. R. Harding Company at the turn of the 20th Century. The Harding Company published little manuals for niche outdoors activities instead of the the general camping manuals that were in virtually every collection in the day. If you ever wanted to make your own outdoors gear in the traditional way of the trapper, then this book is for you! Because there were virtually no outfitters in the late 1800's, everything had to be made from scratch, by hand! Let Elmer Kreps show you the way to making some of your own authentic outdoors gear with this handy, richly illustrated little book! A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 4 This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of Camp & Trail Methods is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge. About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency. As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Great care has been taken by the publishing team to preserve this work with clean images, clear text, and high-quality photographic editing. For outdoors enthusiasts who demand the best from their equipment, this Doublebit Press Legacy Edition reprint was made with you in mind. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations. Through remastered reprint editions of timeless classics of outdoor recreation, perhaps lost knowledge can be regained for future generations. The books in this library have been chosen because much of the basic skills and knowledge they contain have been forgotten or put to the wayside in lieu of more modern conveniences and methods. This volume is worth close study as well as collection by outdoors folk in the modern era of outdoors and traditional skills life.
Download or read book Boy s Book of Camping and Wood Crafts written by Bernard S. Mason and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the ingenious methods of Native Americans and old time woodsmen in keeping dry and warm, making tools, and making camp furniture.
Download or read book The Lost Art of Reading Nature s Signs Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way Predict the Weather Locate Water Track Animals and Other Forgotten Skills Natural Navigation written by Tristan Gooley and published by The Experiment, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn every walk into a game of detection—from master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Natural Navigator When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside, he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun’s direction; the Big Dipper tells the time; a passing butterfly hints at the weather; a sand dune reveals prevailing wind; the scent of cinnamon suggests altitude; a budding flower points south. To help you understand nature as he does, Gooley shares more than 850 tips for forecasting, tracking, and more, gathered from decades spent walking the landscape around his home and around the world. Whether you’re walking in the country or city, along a coastline, or by night, this is the ultimate resource on what the land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and clouds can reveal—if you only know how to look! Publisher’s Note: The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs was previously published in the UK under the title The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs.
Download or read book Fire Making written by Daniel Hume and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Richly Illustrated Guide to Making Fire Without a Lighter If you ask outdoorsman Daniel Hume for the fastest, most practical way to start a fire, he’ll tell you: Use a match. But he probably won’t stop there. For Hume, conjuring flame is an art form, and seeking out the old ways is a passion that has led him the world over. Fire Making is your guide to techniques Hume has learned firsthand—from the San people in Namibia, the Mangyan of the Philippines, and other masters. You’ll fall in love with the craft of coaxing spark into flame using only handmade tools. Learn about: The bow drill, the fire plow, and other traditional fire–starters Every type of tinder, from birch bark to fungus Overcoming strong winds, freezing cold, and other challenges Plus modern fire–making hacks, such as using foil and a battery. Hume’s crystal clear steps, all helpfully illustrated, make it easy to start and maintain the perfect fire for any need—from quickly boiling a pot of water, to setting up camp . . . to the sheer joy of seeing your efforts rewarded with a blaze of warmth and light.
Download or read book Woodcraft written by E. H. Kreps and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever wished you could escape to your own Walden Pond, consider creating a unique wilderness haven with the instructions found in this book! While woodcraft usually brings furniture to mind, this book is a guide to the craft of extended camping and travel in the woods. First published in 1919, this wilderness book, complete with illustrations, teaches you how to construct a simple log cabin, live off the land, build different types of fires, make snowshoes, and use outdoor tools. With all the modern conveniences of camping today, these forgotten skills are invaluable for those longing to return to a simpler, more self-sufficient time. Written by an expert woodsman, the easy to follow sections make this suitable for both young and old adventurers. Exploring the unknown is often daunting, but with the lessons found in this book, even the most novice of backpackers will know how to use a compass so they won’t get lost, the types of camp foods they should bring to sustain their energy, and how to make shelter to stay safe from the elements. With the basics taken care of, go forth into the woods and trek the pathless forest—just don’t forget to bring this timeless guide with you!
Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Camping written by Katherine L. White and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From setting up a tent to cooking over the campfire, this handbook includes camping skills and first aid, along with stories, games, recipes, activities, and fun campfire songs. Illustrations.
Download or read book Camp Maqua written by Kathryn A. Baker and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bay City, Michigan, YWCA camp began as a small gathering of 65 women during the summer of 1916 at a rental cottage in Killarney. The second site, selected two years later, was on Aplin Beach near Saginaw Bay. In 1924, the YWCA purchased the Camp Maqua property in Hale, on the shores of Loon Lake, with a solitary farmhouse, and numerous cabins were then completed. After the YWCA sold the property to a private owner in 1979, it was subdivided into 10 parcels. In 1987, the Baker/Starks families purchased the lodge and 14 acres. Ten families continue to keep the spirit of Maqua alive through an association dedicated to retaining the historical integrity of the land and remaining buildings.
Download or read book Campcraft and Wilderness Skills written by Peter G. Drake and published by Southwater Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book teaches the fundamental survuval skills sluch as how to make a shelter, light a fire and purify water, andis a valuable sourcebook of knowledge for all trekkers.
Download or read book Grammar Practice Simplified Guided Practice in Basic Skills Book F Grades 7 written by Primary Concepts, Inc. and published by Rainbow Horizons Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-04 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grammar is the structure of language. It is the tool with which students refine and perfect their working knowledge of language. Knowing the elements of language and understanding how they work together greatly enhances all language-based abilities. Grammar Practice Simplified Book F Is designed to help students use the parts of speech correctly in speaking and writing. They review the kinds of sentences; then they study nouns, pronouns, and verbs and use these elements in sentences. Students are introduced to subjects and predicates, adverbs, and adjectives. Complex sentences, including dependent, independent, adverb, and adjective clauses, are introduced. Punctuation is covered in detail, including the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, apostrophe, and colon. Many activities encourage students to write independently. Readability has been carefully controlled for younger students, but the approach and design make the book useful for older, language-delayed students or students who speak English as a second language. Answers are provided at the back of the book. Book F is Grades 7+.
Download or read book English Language and Literature Reading Skills Revision and Exam Practice York Notes for GCSE 9 1 ebook edition written by Helen Stockton and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wilderness Weekends written by Phoebe Smith and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bed down among some of the most dramatic landscapes in the world and discover your own bolthole in one of Britain's rugged corners. Wilderness Weekends reveals the 26 best places for wild camping from the south coast of England to Scotland's far north. Each weekend includes practical advice, detailed maps and inspiring photographs to help the camping enthusiast take the next adventurous step. With a host of hard-won tips on what to take and when to go, this is the helping hand needed to unlock your outdoor potential.
Download or read book Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 2264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.
