NOTE: This description is for the 2011 reprint with the green and black cover, NOT the 2012 reprint with the brown cover “published” by RareBooksClub.com. This 2011 edition is an EXACT reprint of the 1910 edition, and reproduces the original layout and illustrations perfectly. There IS NO gibberish or poorly OCR’d text in the one
NOTE: This description is for the 2011 reprint with the green and black cover, NOT the 2012 reprint with the brown cover “published” by RareBooksClub.com. This 2011 edition is an EXACT reprint of the 1910 edition, and reproduces the original layout and illustrations perfectly. There IS NO gibberish or poorly OCR’d text in the one with the green and black cover.
“Your thoroughbred camper likes not the attentions of a landlord, nor will he suffer himself to be rooted to the soil by cares of ownership or lease. It is not possession of the land, but of the landscape, that enjoys; and as for that, all the wild parts of the earth are his, by a title that carries with it no obligation but that he shall not desecrate nor lay them waste.”
H. Kephart
Intended as the definitive pocket field guide for the turn of the 20th Century woodsman and camper, the The Book of Camping & Woodcraft was originally published in 1906. This particular “Heritage Edition” appears as it was on the second reprinting in 1910. In 1916, Kephart dramatically expanded the book into two volumes to include wagon camping and semi-permanent base camp construction. These are the equivalent of modern car camping – just a couple of notches down from a motel stay. The 1910 edition is the “purest” of all the editions of “The Book of Camping and Woodcraft”.
Fully illustrated with photographs and diagrams and packed with woodcraft lore, this book is a must-have for any rugged outdoorsman or bushcraft or classic camping enthusiast.
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I could not be more displeased and strongly recommend against buying the hardcover “Scholar Select” version of this … I could not be more displeased and strongly recommend against buying the hardcover “Scholar Select” version of this classic text. My eight year old son could make a more legible edition by taking freehand pictures with my phone. Before buying, look at the attached image, which shows how the vast majority of the pages appear. Crooked photos, source material not laid flat, beginning and ending sentences cropped out, out of focus… I could go on. It is simply impossible to read from…
One of the best antiquated texts on outdoor living. This is by far one of my favorite reads from the turn of the century. I loan it out or buy new copies to give away all the time. It’s a philosophical and practical guide to simple outdoor trips for beginners and those looking for information on the simple principles camping. The book is antiquated and the has references that aren’t deemed appropriate to the times for certain ethnic peoples, but not at all condescending.Every facet of camping during the beginning of the 20th century…
Very Disappointed The book itself is a good quality binding, but that’s where it ends. The reproduction itself is very poor – it is obviously being done by holding the book open on a scanner. Scanning quality would be vastly improved if a cell phone scanning app had been used page to page rather than this method. Consequently, this book is borderline unreadable with an unknown quantity of the original text missing due to cutting off portions of the scanned pages and other issues associated with the scanning…