L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook [Paperback]

Keith McCafferty (Author)

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Publication Date: July 1, 1999 | Series: L. L. Bean

An invaluable guide for active parents, covering all the basics for a lifetime of exciting, safe camping experiences with children.

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An invaluable guide to making camping fun and rewarding for everyone. Color photographs throughout.

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The L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook is the perfect guide for active parents and children who enjoy spending time in the outdoors. Focusing on infants through teenagers, as well as grandparents, noted outdoor writer Keith McCafferty provides all of the essential information needed for a great camping experience. With a gentle, guiding hand, he discusses: camping options, planning a family trip, buying gear and clothing, efficient packing strategies, traveling with children, great cooking ideas, the perfect games and activities for children, the best strategies for coping with night fears, backpacking excursions for the whole family, crucial health and safety measures, and much more.Filled with firsthand experience and invaluable advice, this guide addresses important parental concerns; discusses what you can, and can't, expect from your children; and offers a plethora of tips for first-timers. Inspired by L.L. Bean's enduring reputation as a promoter of safe, responsible outdoor activity, this volume also addresses a variety of ways the whole family can enjoy and respect the natural world, from plant and animal identification and star gazing to no-trace camping and building safe fires. Authoritative and complete, The L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook is the one guide every parent will want to consult before hitting the trail. (7 X 10, 192 pages, color photos)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558218807
• ISBN-13: 978-1558218802
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,836,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars good basic tips for camping, June 25, 2004

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S. Carroll (utah United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook (Paperback)

even though i have been camping every summer, all my life, this book is very nice with good tips. some list on what is needed and what you can leave behind ( i always pack too much). good ideas for camping with kids. some basic safety tips on lightning, first aid, snake bite, etc. good tips on what type of equipment is out there. i was surprised that there wasn't a big push to buy l.l. bean equipment. it was a very well rounded book.

4.0 out of 5 stars A PRETTY HANDY BOOK., May 4, 2007

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D. Blankenship (The Ozarks) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: L.L. Bean Family Camping Handbook (Paperback)

Having been a camper for well over 50 years now and a collector of outdoor books, I am a bit familiar with this type of book. While I certainly would not recommend an extreme wildreness trek using only this book as a guide, it is filled with a remarkable amount of useful information. No camping book is the beginning and end of all information of the subject and this is certainly no exception. I did find several helpful tips and you certainly will not be hurt in anyway by reading this one. The book is well designed, does not push L.L. Bean stuff, which I found refreshing, and is quite readable.