The Book Fo Camping And Woodcraft

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.

An excellent commentary on not only what to bring and how to camp, it also digresses into why we camp. While its philosophy can be a little misogynistic on occasion, I pardon it as being a product of its time. Looking past the male-centric exterior, I think this book has a lot to say about why campi

To speak poorly of Horace Kephart's masterpiece is tantamount to treason in outdoors communities. But I think this book has some serious flaws that need to be addressed for a modern reader:

The attempt to universalize this book - and it truly is a reference book - makes this book difficult to use as

One of the greatest books I have ever read. If you are venturing out of your front door into the worlds wild places this is a must read. Timeless treasure trove of practical advice on how to make do when things get interesting! Horace is one of my all time heroes.....

Wise words extend to what to do

I came across this book many years ago in a library.
I read it as an adventure story with the most amazing details of practical self sufficiency in the backwoods of some of the American states, but knowing that everything Kephart was relating was true.
If anyone in the US, or Canada for that matter, w

I read Kephart's book many long years a go, as a girl scout. Through time the book was lost somewhere, or given away, but not its memories.
I repurchased a copy of it the night Gary Carden had his book signing of "Outlander" on July 14, 2012 at the Jackson County Library. "Outlander" is a script cop

Horace Kephart

The Book fo Camping and Woodcraft

Horace Kephart

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