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Two volumes in one, Camping and Woodcraft is the primer for all your camping skills and history. Originally published in 1906 it was expanded in 1917. While some of the materials in the book are dated others remain surprisingly relevant. This is one of the best selling camping books of all time. It is a manual on how to camp and have great time in the woods. It provides an in depth look at all aspects that made up camping back in the day. Horace Kephart was an outstanding woodsman and and even better writer. He has been called the 'Thoreau of the southern mountains'. Subtitled 'A Handbook For Vacation Campers And For Travelers In The Wilderness'. This maybe the best overall camping book ever published. - 23 Chapters
- Extensive cooking tips
- All about campfires
- Extensive tent section
- Making a Camp
- Tips on bugs and other camp pests
- Clothing tips
- Introduction by Jim Casada
- Binding - Paper
- Author - Horace Kephart
- Pages - 479
- Publisher - University of Tennessee Press
- Year - Facsimile Edition 1988
- ISBN - 9780870495564.
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