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

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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) (0 hr 31 min)

Chapters

FOREWORD and CHAPTER I: Outfitting

31:23

Read by James K. White

CHAPTER II: The Sportman's Clothing

25:22

Read by James K. White

CHAPTER III: Personal Kits

31:51

Read by Nathan Heck

CHAPTER IV: Tents and Tools

30:20

Read by Richard Shipp

CHAPTER V: Utensils and Food

20:53

Read by Michele Fry

CHAPTER VI: A Check-List--Packing Up

27:23

Read by Availle

CHAPTER VII: The Camp

21:52

Read by Nathan Heck

CHAPTER VIII: The Camp Fire

25:03

Read by John Lieder

CHAPTER IX: Marksmanship in the Woods

18:54

Read by E Snow

CHAPTER X: Dressing and Keeping Game and Fish

29:44

Read by Michele Fry

Part 1 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery

30:27

Read by April Walters

Part 2 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery

31:11

Read by April Walters

Part 3 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery

23:45

Read by April Walters

Part 4 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery

30:36

Read by Larry Wilson

CHAPTER XII: Pests of the Woods

31:29

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

CHAPTER XIII: Forest Travel. Keeping a Course

29:41

Read by TimoleonWash

CHAPTER XIV: Blazes--Survey Marks--Natural Signs of Direction

29:57

Read by Joseph Tabler

CHAPTER XV: Getting Lost--Bivouacs

23:01

Read by Larry Wilson

CHAPTER XVI: Emergency Foods--Living off the Country

35:26

Read by Michele Fry

Part 1 of CHAPTER XVII: Edible Plants of the Wilderness

30:33

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

Part 2 of CHAPTER XVII: Edible Plants of the Wilderness

43:52

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

CHAPTER XVIII: Axemanship--Qualities of Wood and Bark

40:28

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

CHAPTER XIX: Trophies, Buckskin and Rawhide

31:41

Read by E Snow

CHAPTER XX: Tanning Pelts--Other Animal Products

23:44

Read by TimoleonWash

Part 1 of CHAPTER XXI: Accidents--Their Backwoods Treatment

26:52

Read by MaryAnn

Part 2 of CHAPTER XXI: Accidents--Their Backwoods Treatment

26:15

Read by MaryAnn

Bewertungen

Camping and Woodcraft

(1,5 Sterne)

The narrators , some good others not, the reason I could not get through the book.

(3 Sterne)

Some readers are good, some are terrible. It's really too bad, the book is excellent.

A classic and insightful work on Bushcraft.

(3,5 Sterne)

This book is a classic among modern bushcafters. It is very insightful not to mention entertaining as the author spent a great deal of his life in the wilds, and is considered one of the forefathers of modern bushcraft. But please beware the information is very dated and some of it should not be used for practical use but just for entertainment's sake. Most of the readers did a pretty good job, thank you.

i need to find a printed copy of this book!!!

(5 Sterne)

there is so much lost knowledge in this book! (well, lost to the average person).

Great Book

(5 Sterne)

I felt a connection to the author directly and throughout this whole book. For me, a turning point.

(4 Sterne)

The book is so outstanding that I bought a harcdopy, and most of the readers did quite well.

this book was helpful

(5 Sterne)

Good readers