Camping And Woodcraft: Handbook Vacation Campers Travelers Wilderness [FACSIMILE] (Paperback)

by Horace Kephart (Author), Jim Casada (Contributor)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 912 pages
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press; 1 edition (April 25, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870495569
• ISBN-13: 978-0870495564
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #260,836 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An old-time comprehensive guide - excellent!, November 20, 2005

By	Naangiwane (Stevens Point, Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

I have the facsimile edition published by the Univ. of Tennessee Press. It is a combination of two books by Kephart from 1916. The first volume, titled "Camping", is a guide to what we would call today "family camping" or camping from a fixed base. The second book in the volume, titled "Woodcraft", discusses backpacking for wanderers and other topics for people seeking to live off the land.

Kephart was actually a very experienced outdoorsman, not just some "effete diletante masquerading as a true woodsman." All his suggestions were based on his extensive personal experience in camping and hiking.

Kephart was, in his day, the combined Colin Fletcher and Cliff Jacobsen guru of the outdoors. His book is comprehensive, full of ideas about living outdoors, many of which I've adopted. His comments on gear are, of course, dated, though I've found even there some interesting ideas. Again, this is a kind of book I read for pleasure, I use as a reference book, and I read at least once a year, every time walking away with some new ideas to try. This year, for example, I'm trying pinole', ground-up parched corn, as a concentrated, light-weight food source on the trail (and it's actually pretty good).

An excellent value for your money. You won't regret buying this book.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High impact camping at its best!, October 22, 1998

By	Matt Richards (Cave Junction, OR) - See all my reviews

If you prefer a wall-tent, buckskins and an axe to goretex and gas stoves, this book is for you. Old time wood-skills by an experienced man, and a good writer. Some of the equipment detail is outdated (this book was originally written 70 years ago), but there is so much good stuff on everything from dressing and cooking game, to using an axe, to building camp furniture, compass work, marksmanship, and a whole lot more.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive volume of camping techniques circa 1910, August 6, 1996

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This is one of the finest outdoor books ever written--as evidenced by the fact that it is still in print 70 years after it was penned. The reason? Kephart actually lived in the woods and personally refined the techniques he discusses. Yes, the technology has advanced. But trees and animals haven't changed, nor has the best way to snare an animal nor the best way to construct a log cabin. Given a choice of one book to take into the woods, this should be it.