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A collection of entertainments geared toward boys, containing accounts of famous battles, William Shakespeare quotations, games, and instructions for activities such as building a go-cart, cutting flint heads, making an electromagnet, and folding the "greatest paper airplane in the world."
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"In this long-awaited follow-up to his much-loved bestseller, written with his sons Cameron and Arthur, Conn Iggulden presents a brand-new compendium of cunning schemes, projects, tricks, games and tales of extraordinary courage. Whether it's building a flying machine, learning how to pick a lock, discovering the world's greatest speeches or mastering a Rubik's cube, 'The Double Dangerous Book for Boys' is the ultimate companion, to be cherished...
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At the turn of the twentieth century, an age of booming technology and a rapid reduction of the outdoors, wildlife enthusiast Ernest Thompson Seton called for a renewed interest in outdoor living. If the nation was in need of a dose of nature then, we could certainly benefit from Seton's expert guidance today. With this book, you'll learn to:
•Build a campfire, dam, or birch basket
•Recognize animal tracks, constellations, and all manner of forestry
•Spot...
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Crafts and Skills of the Mountain Man is a fascinating, practical guide to the skills that have made the mountain men famous worldwide as outdoorsmen and craftsmen. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying a hand at making rafts and canoes, constructing tools, and living off the land.
Learn key skills like:
Building a strong fire.
Learning to hunt and butcher your meals.
Creating a safe and solid shelter.
And much...
Learn key skills like:
Building a strong fire.
Learning to hunt and butcher your meals.
Creating a safe and solid shelter.
And much...
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History is filled with incredible stories of the mountain men, experts in survival who relied on nothing except their own skills and ingenuity. If you want to learn to be one of them, then this is the book for you. Badass Survival Secrets will introduce you to everything that you need to be a modern day mountain man. You'll learn how to construct shelter, build fires, how to track and hunt your food, how to find clean water, and how to stay warm in...
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Originally published in 1906, Horace Kephart's Camping and Woodcraft: A Handbook for Vacation Campers and Travelers in the Woods stands over a century later as a classic in outdoors writing. Praised by Field & Stream as "an encyclopedia of living in the open," it provides expertly detailed answers to hundreds of practical problems that arise on every outing in the great outdoors. Within Camping and Woodcraft, you'll find tips on:
• Catching and...
9) Woodcraft
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Legendary canoeing guide, conservationist in the 1800s, and one of the first proponents of the hyper popular "ultra-light" camping style, George Washington "Nessmuk" Sears was a true American mountain man. Using a 9-foot-long, 10 and a half pound canoe he successfully completed a 266-mile journey through the central Adirondacks. His classic treatise on American camping, Woodcraft, is definitive proof that he was the most capable and intelligent woodsman...
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"This extensive guide will enable the reader to commune with the natural world and master a full spectrum of traditional practices, hands-on skills, and theoretical knowledge. The Bushcraft Bible is an essential tool for the naturalist in all of us who dreams of building a shelter, hunting and gathering for survival, and living a peaceful and environmentally conscious lifestyle. This comprehensive reference will provide even the most experienced outdoorsman...
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I love my world is a playful hands-on nature connection guidebook for parents, forest school leaders, teachers, play workers and outdoor educators of all kinds - and just the book you need on days out with family and friends.
It's a forest school guidebook with great ideas for camping, playing in the park and doing stuff with family and friends.
Learn creation myths and activities to do with them, how to light fires, make survival dens from sticks...
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Set at the beginning of the nineteenth century, Rolf in the Woods follows a young boy on his journey to becoming a man, learning how to live in the wilderness, respecting animals and nature, and fighting amongst his brethren in war.
When his mother passes away, fifteen-year-old Rolf goes to live with his aunt and uncle on their farm. But his aunt's constant scolding and his uncle's drunken violence make living in this new home unbearable for the...
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