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The book of camping and woodcraft : a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness, by Horace Kephart The book of camping and woodcraft: a guideb woodcraft: and camping of The book In the Introduction to Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart writes: “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 describes the content: “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 Hoace Hoace first book and is actually a collection of articles that had been published in ook for those who travel in wilderness the in travel who those ook for Field and Stream magazine. Kephart Kephart ook for those who travel in wilderness the in travel who those ook for Horace Kephart, born in 1862, was raised in Pennsylvania and Iowa then Hoace 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. (Summary based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Kephart.) Read by Librivox volunteers. Total running time: 12:31:43 This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified without permission. For more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Cover picture by Horace Kephart (1906). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU and all countries a guideb woodcraft: and camping of The book with author’s life +70 yrs laws. Cover design by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan. This design is in the public domain. .