The Book of Camping and Woodcraft: A Guidebook for Those Who Travel in the Wild…


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.5 stars; 35 reviews)

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.” Camping and Woodcraft was his first book and is actually a collection of articles that had been published in Field and Stream magazine.

Horace Kephart, born in 1862, was raised in Pennsylvania and Iowa then 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. He was the author of a number of books and articles on the outdoors. (Summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan, based on Wikipedia - Horace Kephart) (0 hr 31 min)

Chapitres

FOREWORD and CHAPTER I: Outfitting 31:23 Lu par James K. White
CHAPTER II: The Sportman's Clothing 25:22 Lu par James K. White
CHAPTER III: Personal Kits 31:51 Lu par Nathan Heck
CHAPTER IV: Tents and Tools 30:20 Lu par Richard Shipp
CHAPTER V: Utensils and Food 20:53 Lu par Michele Fry
CHAPTER VI: A Check-List--Packing Up 27:23 Lu par Availle
CHAPTER VII: The Camp 21:52 Lu par Nathan Heck
CHAPTER VIII: The Camp Fire 25:03 Lu par John Lieder
CHAPTER IX: Marksmanship in the Woods 18:54 Lu par E Snow
CHAPTER X: Dressing and Keeping Game and Fish 29:44 Lu par Michele Fry
Part 1 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery 30:27 Lu par April Walters
Part 2 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery 31:11 Lu par April Walters
Part 3 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery 23:45 Lu par April Walters
Part 4 of CHAPTER XI: Camp Cookery 30:36 Lu par Larry Wilson
CHAPTER XII: Pests of the Woods 31:29 Lu par Gail Timmerman Vaughan
CHAPTER XIII: Forest Travel. Keeping a Course 29:41 Lu par TimoleonWash
CHAPTER XIV: Blazes--Survey Marks--Natural Signs of Direction 29:57 Lu par Joseph Tabler
CHAPTER XV: Getting Lost--Bivouacs 23:01 Lu par Larry Wilson
CHAPTER XVI: Emergency Foods--Living off the Country 35:26 Lu par Michele Fry
Part 1 of CHAPTER XVII: Edible Plants of the Wilderness 30:33 Lu par Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Part 2 of CHAPTER XVII: Edible Plants of the Wilderness 43:52 Lu par Gail Timmerman Vaughan
CHAPTER XVIII: Axemanship--Qualities of Wood and Bark 40:28 Lu par Gail Timmerman Vaughan
CHAPTER XIX: Trophies, Buckskin and Rawhide 31:41 Lu par E Snow
CHAPTER XX: Tanning Pelts--Other Animal Products 23:44 Lu par TimoleonWash
Part 1 of CHAPTER XXI: Accidents--Their Backwoods Treatment 26:52 Lu par MaryAnn
Part 2 of CHAPTER XXI: Accidents--Their Backwoods Treatment 26:15 Lu par MaryAnn

Critiques

Camping and Woodcraft


(1.5 stars)

The narrators , some good others not, the reason I could not get through the book.


(3 stars)

Some readers are good, some are terrible. It's really too bad, the book is excellent.

A classic and insightful work on Bushcraft.


(3.5 stars)

This book is a classic among modern bushcafters. It is very insightful not to mention entertaining as the author spent a great deal of his life in the wilds, and is considered one of the forefathers of modern bushcraft. But please beware the information is very dated and some of it should not be used for practical use but just for entertainment's sake. Most of the readers did a pretty good job, thank you.

i need to find a printed copy of this book!!!


(5 stars)

there is so much lost knowledge in this book! (well, lost to the average person).

Great Book


(5 stars)

I felt a connection to the author directly and throughout this whole book. For me, a turning point.


(4 stars)

The book is so outstanding that I bought a harcdopy, and most of the readers did quite well.

this book was helpful


(5 stars)

Good readers