Camp And Trail Methods (Legacy Edition)

Book excerpt: Tips and Tricks for Life on the Trail! This reprint edition of the classic Camp and Trail Methods by Elmer Kreps brings to light many of the old-time tricks and traditional ways of the woods that some of the more comprehensive instruction manuals leave out. Originally published in 1910, this book includes less-common, but enjoyable activities of the wilds.Activities discussed within include: backwoods travel, snowshoeing and snowshoe making, toboggan and sled making, trapping, fur preparation and buckskin tanning, skiing, clothing for the outdoors, and bushcraft. This text was a popular volume originally published by the A. R. Harding Company at the turn of the 20th Century. The Harding Company published little manuals for niche outdoors activities instead of the the general camping manuals that were in virtually every collection in the day. If you ever wanted to make your own outdoors gear in the traditional way of the trapper, then this book is for you! Because there were virtually no outfitters in the late 1800's, everything had to be made from scratch, by hand! Let Elmer Kreps show you the way to making some of your own authentic outdoors gear with this handy, richly illustrated little book! A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 4 This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of Camp & Trail Methods is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge. About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency. As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Great care has been taken by the publishing team to preserve this work with clean images, clear text, and high-quality photographic editing. For outdoors enthusiasts who demand the best from their equipment, this Doublebit Press Legacy Edition reprint was made with you in mind. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations. Through remastered reprint editions of timeless classics of outdoor recreation, perhaps lost knowledge can be regained for future generations. The books in this library have been chosen because much of the basic skills and knowledge they contain have been forgotten or put to the wayside in lieu of more modern conveniences and methods. This volume is worth close study as well as collection by outdoors folk in the modern era of outdoors and traditional skills life.