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The Book of Camping and Woodcraft: A Guidebook for Those Who Travel in the Wilderness

The Book of Camping and Woodcraft: A Guidebook for Those Who Travel in the Wilderness

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Number of Chapters: 26

Length: 12 hours and 31 minutes

Language: English

In the Introduction to Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart wrote: “My one aim in writing this little book is to make it of practical service to those who seek rest or sport in the wilderness, or whose business calls them thither.” The author further described the content of this book: “In the following chapters I offer some suggestions on outfitting, making camps, dressing and keeping game and fish, camp cookery, forest travel, how to avoid getting lost, and what to do if one does get lost, living off the country, what the different species of trees are good for (from a camper's viewpoint), backwoods handicrafts in wood, bark, skins and other raw materials, the treatment of wounds and other injuries, and some other branches of woodcraft that may be of service when one is far from shops and from hired help.” Camping and Woodcraft was his first book and is actually a collection of articles that had been published in Field and Stream magazine.

Horace Kephart, born in 1862, was raised in Pennsylvania and Iowa then trained as a librarian at Cornell University. He worked in St Louis near the Ozark mountains for a portion of his life (1890 – 1904) then moved to western North Carolina where he lived near Hazel Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains then near Bryson City. Kephart was a campaigner for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, which was created in 1926. He was the author of a number of books and articles on the outdoors. (Summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan, based on Wikipedia - Horace Kephart)

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FOREWORD and CHAPTER I: Outfitting (James K. White)
CHAPTER II: The Sportman's Clothing (James K. White)
CHAPTER III: Personal Kits (Nathan Heck)
CHAPTER IV: Tents and Tools (Richard Shipp)
CHAPTER V: Utensils and Food (Michele Fry)
CHAPTER VI: A Check-List--Packing Up (Availle)
CHAPTER VII: The Camp (Nathan Heck)
CHAPTER VIII: The Camp Fire (John Lieder)
CHAPTER IX: Marksmanship in the Woods (E Snow)
CHAPTER X: Dressing and Keeping Game and Fish (Michele Fry)
Part 1 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery (April Walters)
Part 2 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery (April Walters)
Part 3 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery (April Walters)
Part 4 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery (Larry Wilson)
CHAPTER XII: Pests of the Woods (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
CHAPTER XIII: Forest Travel. Keeping a Course (TimoleonWash)
CHAPTER XIV: Blazes--Survey Marks--Natural Signs of Direction (Joseph Tabler)
CHAPTER XV: Getting Lost--Bivouacs (Larry Wilson)
CHAPTER XVI: Emergency Foods--Living off the Country (Michele Fry)
Part 1 of CHAPTER XVII: Edible Plants of the Wilderness (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
Part 2 of CHAPTER XVII: Edible Plants of the Wilderness (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
CHAPTER XVIII: Axemanship--Qualities of Wood and Bark (Gail Timmerman Vaughan)
CHAPTER XIX: Trophies, Buckskin and Rawhide (E Snow)
CHAPTER XX: Tanning Pelts--Other Animal Products (TimoleonWash)
Part 1 of CHAPTER XXI: Accidents--Their Backwoods Treatment (MaryAnn)
Part 2 of CHAPTER XXI: Accidents--Their Backwoods Treatment (MaryAnn)
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