BOOK OF CAMPING & WOODCRAFT...FOR THOSE WHO TRAVEL IN THE WILDERNESS

by Kephart, Horace

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NY:: Outing Publishing,, 1908. Hardcover; spine ends, cover tips, & binding all moderately worn; front & rear hinges reinforced; occasional light foxing & undefined spots (water? camping supper? other?); otherwise good.. index. With b&w frontispiece photo + 9 b&w plates of photos. 2nd ed., revised of 1906 first issue. ||| Kephart (1862-1931), librarian & writer; went to rural North Carolina to regain his health. Here he gives his views on how to enjoy camping in the woods--without carrying a lot of burden & / or emptying the bank account. ||| Chapters on: Outfitting; Clothing; Personal Kits; Tents & Tools; Utensils & Food; Dressing & Keeping Game & Fish; Camp Cookery; Pests; Keeping a Course in Forest Travel; Natural Signs of Direction; Getting Lost [& un-lost]; Emergency Food--Living off the Country; Edible Wilderness Plants; How to Treat Accidents; etc. ||| Practical, & `Down- to-Earth.'