Ernest Thompson Seton’s Masterpiece Manual on Outdoor Life, Camping, and Native American Lore
This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of original camper Ernest Thompson Seton’s Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore is the classic handbook issued by Seton to boy scouts, girl scouts, and other young people around the world. Originally published in 1912, this vintage book heavily draws from Seton’s famous "Birch-Bark Roll" for his Woodcraft Indians / Woodcraft Rangers outdoors program for youth, instructing young people in the ways of the outdoors and self sufficiency.
This comprehensive historic handbook by Seton includes an amazing collection of tips and skills for modern campers, hikers, and outdoors folks to try for themselves, including principles of camping and woodcraft, insights and lessons from Native American life, histories, songs, and stories from multiple Indian nations, ideas for indoor scouting (stunts, handicrafts, knots, etc.), ideas for outdoor scouting (making fire with sticks, stargazing, archery, handmade camp tools, etc.), games for camp, health and medicine for camp, natural history facts such as information on mushrooms, plants, and trees, and a collection of campfire stories for all ages.
This vintage book includes timeless knowledge about wilderness life, which has largely been lost to time, but never forgotten by the old masters. Although this book represents thought from a former time, it also reveals much about the rich history of camping and the wilderness, and many of the tips, tricks, and discussions are still relevant for study today!
A part of the Library of American Outdoor Classics: Volume 23
This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore is professionally restored and presented from the original source, including inspiration from the book’s original cover, 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 Legacy Editions
Sometimes we need to remember our history to move forward. Sometimes, remembering our heritage is just fun or inspirational. 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 Legacy Edition Collection, this unabridged volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. 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 handcrafter’s or outdoorsperson’s library and that can be passed to future generations.