The Book Of Camping And Woodcraft (Legacy Edition): A Guidebook For Those Who Travel In The Wilderness (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

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.

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Kephart, Horace

Outdoor Cooking

Doublebit Press

Kephart's original how-to manual for the outdoors! 
This is the original handbook from the master of outdoors instruction. In this deluxe Legacy Edition 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.

Woodcraft (Legacy Edition) (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Nessmuk — The Dean of the Outdoors
Pick up your copy of this deluxe Legacy Edition reprint of Nessmuk's timeless Woodcraft. In perhaps the best-known and best-selling book on camping of all-time, Nessmuk (George W. Sears) shares his vast knowledge of the wild ways and life outdoors. Finding solace in the woods from ill health in the city, Nessmuk found himself a solo canoe and traveled the American Adirondacks. Inspired by the natural beauty and ability of nature to restore vitality, Nessmuk penned this oft-cited classic volume on camping, wilderness, and woodcraft skills.
After collecting stories, tips, tidbits, and tricks of the outdoors, Nessmuk's first version of Woodcraft was published in 1884, representing the first well-known how-to manual for the outdoors.
Perhaps Nessmuk's most famous line in this book inspires folks to get outside and enjoy nature's way of recharging our batteries: "We do not go out to the woods to rough it; we go to smooth it - we get it rough enough in town. But let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and leave all frills behind."
This Legacy Edition of Woodcraft is a facsimile reprint of the twelfth printing (1900). Its many printings have been consistently published throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries. Enjoy this handbook by the Dean of the Outdoors - there's a ton of tricks and tips to glean from its pages!
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.
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.

Nessmuk, George W. Sears

Nessmuk - The Dean of the Outdoors
Pick up your premium reprint Legacy Edition of Nessmuk's Woodcraft! In perhaps the best-known and best-selling book on camping of all-time, Nessmuk (George W. Sears) shares his vast knowledge of the wild ways and life outdoors. Finding solace in the woods from ill health in the city, Nessmuk found himself a solo canoe and traveled the American Adirondacks. Inspired by the natural beauty and the ability of nature to restore vitality, Nessmuk penned this oft-cited classic volume on camping, wilderness, and woodcraft skills.
After collecting stories, tips, tidbits, and tricks of the outdoors, Nessmuk’s first version of Woodcraft was published in 1884, representing the first well-known how-to manual for the outdoors. 
Perhaps Nessmuk’s most famous line in this book inspires folks to get outside and enjoy nature’s way of recharging our batteries: “We do not go out to the woods to rough it; we go to smooth it - we get it rough enough in town. But let us live the simple, natural life in the woods, and leave all frills behind.”
This Legacy Edition of Woodcraft is a facsimile reprint of the twelfth printing (1900). Its many printings have been consistently published throughout the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries. Enjoy this handbook by the Dean of the Outdoors - there’s a ton of tricks and tips to glean from its pages!
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. 
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.

Camp And Trail Methods (Legacy Edition) (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

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 4This 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 ClassicsWith 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.

Kreps, Elmer

The Boy Scouts' First Handbook For Boys (Legacy Edition): The Original 1911 Version (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

The Original 1911 handbook version that started it all! 
Enjoy this unabridged, high-quality Doublebit Legacy reprint of the first 1911 edition of the Scout Handbook For Boys. This was the first “official” handbook issued for scouts in the U.S.A. Featuring instruction in outdoors life, woodcraft, campcraft, and a scout’s lifestyle, this classic text is foundational for outdoors youth programs in America. 
Includes the following main topics: (1) scoutcraft, knots, and badge requirements for 1911; (2) woodcraft and nature lore; (3) campcraft, camping, and equipment; (4) tracking, trailing, and signaling; (4) healthy lifestyle and exercise; (5) chivalry; (6) first aid and lifesaving; (7) games and outdoors adventure; (8) patriotism and citizenship; (9) scout equipment; and (10) book lists for topics of interest to scouts. It also includes all the classic advertisements of the day! 
Inspired by an “unofficial” preceding handbook written by Ernest Thompson Seton and Lord Robert Baden-Powell in 1910, this version of the scout handbook is the first “official” version that scouts used during the birth of boy scout programs in the U.S.A. Learn how to make a bow for shooting arrows, make a fire or tent from scratch, identify plants and animals, or find your way in the wilderness with the timeless tips in this book! 
This classic book makes a perfect gift for scouts or scout leaders, or any outdoors enthusiast who wants to master the skills of the outdoors and woodcraft! 
A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 3 
This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of The Boy Scouts 1911 Handbook For Boys 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, which can include original printers’ marks, such as ink spots, missing plate ink, and rough edges from print plates. 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.

Sports & Outdoors

Hiking & Camping

The Original 1911 handbook version that started it all Enjoy this high-quality Doublebit Legacy reprint of the first 1911 edition of the Scout Handbook For Boys. This was the first "official" handbook issued for scouts in the U.S.A. Featuring instruction in outdoors life, woodcraft, campcraft, and a scout's lifestyle, this classic text is foundational for outdoors youth programs in America.Includes the following main topics: (1) scoutcraft, knots, and badge requirements for 1911; (2) woodcraft and nature lore; (3) campcraft, camping, and equipment; (4) tracking, trailing, and signaling; (4) healthy lifestyle and exercise; (5) chivalry; (6) first aid and lifesaving; (7) games and outdoors adventure; (8) patriotism and citizenship; (9) scout equipment; and (10) book lists for topics of interest to scouts. It also includes all the classic advertisements of the day Inspired by an "unofficial" preceding handbook written by Ernest Thompson Seton and Lord Robert Baden-Powell in 1910, this version of the scout handbook is the first "official" version that scouts used during the birth of boy scout programs in the U.S.A. Learn how to make a bow for shooting arrows, make a fire or tent from scratch, identify plants and animals, or find your way in the wilderness with the timeless tips in this book This classic book makes a perfect gift for scouts or scout leaders, or any outdoors enthusiast who wants to master the skills of the outdoors and woodcraft A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 3This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of The Boy Scouts 1911 Handbook For Boys 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.This book is provided for historical education and contains content in the public domain. This reprint version is not published or endorsed by the Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts USA, or other youth programs.About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors ClassicsWith 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, which can include original printers' marks, such as ink spots, missing plate ink, and rough edges from print plates. 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

Shelters, Shacks, And Shanties (Legacy Edition): Designs For Cabins And Rustic Living (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Everyone Needs A Good Shelter in the Woods Enjoy this unabridged, high-quality Doublebit Legacy reprint of Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties Dan Beard's classic book on cabin life. Dive into hundreds of illustrations of everything ranging from rustic shelters to deluxe cabins and furnishings. Includes descriptions and histories of every conceivable permanent shelter built for the wilds, from Native American permanent housing to wilderness survival lean-tos. Brush up on your bushcraft skills and build a temporary shelter, find ideas for a fun weekend scout lashing or rope pioneering project, or get inspiration for your future escape home in the woods.Includes descriptions, illustrations, and history on the following types of shelters: Native American permanent homes; log cabins for leisure, hunting, fishing; bark and paper-based shacks; fallen tree and lean-to shelters; cave shelters; sod houses; sawed and hewn timber shanties; floating and water shacks; pole houses and permanent camps; and tree houses.Also includes instruction and rich illustrations on how to furnish rustic cabins, as well as the woods tools and axemanship skills necessary to construct each of the shelters described within the book. Learn from "Uncle Dan" Beard, the great woodsman who trained thousands of boys and girls in the ways of the woods and who was instrumental in the formation of the Boy Scouts in the USA Written by "Uncle" D.C. (Dan) Beard, an authority on outdoors life and woodcraft in the late 1800s-early 1900s. Dan Beard was well respected among America's youth, having written multiple instruction manuals for children on how to have fun in the outdoors and maybe make a little trouble along the way. Many of his tips and ideas for woods life still ring true today. Dan Beard was a key founder in the Boy Scouts movement in America and contributed a significant amount of time and written material to develop its program (including this book). This classic book makes a perfect gift for cabin fanatics, bushcrafters or wilderness survival enthusiasts, scouts or scout leaders, or any outdoorser who wants to build (or dream of building ) a rustic home in the woods.A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 5This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties 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 ClassicsWith 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. For outdoors enthusiasts who demand the best from their equipment, this Doublebit Press Legacy Edition reprint was made with you in mind. As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this unabridged Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. 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.

Beard, Daniel Carter

Enjoy this unabridged, high-quality Doublebit Legacy reprint of Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties: Dan Beard's classic book on cabin life. Dive into hundreds of illustrations of everything ranging from rustic shelters to deluxe cabins and furnishings, with descriptions and histories of every shelter from Native American permanent housing to wilderness survival shelters. Brush up on your bushcraft skills and build a temporary shelter, or get inspiration for your future escape home in the woods.

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The Book Of Camping And Woodcraft (Legacy Edition): A Guidebook For Those Who Travel In The Wilderness (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

The Book Of Camping And Woodcraft (Legacy Edition): A Guidebook For Those Who Travel In The Wilderness (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Woodcraft (Legacy Edition) (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Woodcraft (Legacy Edition) (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Camp And Trail Methods (Legacy Edition) (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Camp And Trail Methods (Legacy Edition) (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

The Boy Scouts' First Handbook For Boys (Legacy Edition): The Original 1911 Version (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

The Boy Scouts' First Handbook For Boys (Legacy Edition): The Original 1911 Version (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Shelters, Shacks, And Shanties (Legacy Edition): Designs For Cabins And Rustic Living (Library of American Outdoors Classics)

Shelters, Shacks, And Shanties (Legacy Edition): Designs For Cabins And Rustic Living (Library of American Outdoors Classics)