Horace Kephart: The book of camping and woodcraft

[KuRUpTD]

I found a link where you can read the book online and thought I'd share:

http://www.archive.org/details/bookofcampingwoo00keph

 

[Shotgun]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[ZombaiO]

Thanks dude !

 

[DPKnives]

Nice link thanks much. I just may down load it and have it on thew computer. Doug

 

[RedbeAR15]

Great Link - thanks for sharing

 

[ratamahatta]

I just got the paperback about a week ago, I'm about half way through it, it's great!!!!

 

[LMT66]

Last nights Ken Burns episode of National Parks had a lot of info about Horace Kephart.
Thanks for sharing the link....looks to be some good reading!

 

[hlee]

There is something not quite right about reading it from a computer screen. I'm doing it, but it doesn't feel right. I need to look around for a print copy.

 

[dawsonbob]

Hey, thanks, KuRUpTD! Just downloaded the PDF from the site. It's one that I've wanted for awhile, so I'll give it a read.

 

[hiwa]

Thanks a lot. It's one of the best books ever written , IMO. I've read it over and over and never get tired of reading it. I love his old-tyme bush wisdom.

 

[ms3902]

Thanks for sharing that link. I lost my copy a few years back and have never replaced it so it is nice to have a pdf form of the book.

 

[silenthunterstudios]

There is something not quite right about reading it from a computer screen. I'm doing it, but it doesn't feel right. I need to look around for a print copy.

Biggest reason why I picked up the latest printing. Try Barnes and Noble, you will have to special order it, it's been out of print for the past ten years.

 

[hollowdweller]

Come great quotes:

"The knack is in striking a happy medium between too much luggage and too little. A pair of scales are good things to have on hand when one is making up his packs. Scales of another kind will then fall from his eyes. He will not how the little unconsidered trifles mount up; how every bag and tin adds weight.

Now let him imagine himself toiling up a hill in the August sun, or forging thry thicket y woods over rocks and roots and fallen trees, with all this stuff on his back. Again let him think of a chill wet night ahead, and what he will reall7y need to keep himself warm dry and well balasted amidships. "

"In his charming book "The Forest" Stewart Edward White has spoken of that amusing foible, common to us all, which compels even an experienced woodsman to lug along some pet trifle he does not need but which he will be miserable without. The more absurd the trinket the more he loves it. On of my camp mates for 5 seasons carried in his "packer" a big chunk of rosin. When asked what it was for he confessed: "Oh Imm going to get a fellow to make me a turkey call, some day and this is to make it turk" Jews Harps, camp stools, shaving mugs, derringers nobody could hit anything with and other such trifles have been known to accompany very practical men who were othewise on very light marching order."

 

[Darteres]

At some point in there, he recommends a small cigar box with sandpaper for sharpening. Great read so far.

 

[hollowdweller]

At some point in there, he recommends a small cigar box with sandpaper for sharpening. Great read so far.

Yeah he was ahead of his time on that:thumbup:

 

[j williams]

What a great book. I have a second edition of it(thanx mtnfolk!). Really old, a prize in my book collection, and a great read. Right up there with Mors' Bushcraft.

 

[Big K]

Thank you very much!!!