Doomsday Defense

Book · 1920

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft

by Dan Beard (Daniel Carter Beard)

Historical text. Written in 1920. Fire-making methods are timeless; check local fire restrictions before lighting any open fire.

With 377 of the author’s own illustrations, this is one of the most practical old books on fire. It opens with fire by friction (bow drill and others) and by percussion (flint and steel), then covers laying cooking fires, camp kitchens and camp food, packing loads on horses, dogs and people, choosing a camp site and using an axe and saw.

Pair it with our notes on fire and camp cooking.

Author
Dan Beard (Daniel Carter Beard)
Published
1920, Garden City Publishing Co.
Topics
Fire, Camping & Woodcraft, Camp & Off-Grid Cooking, Knives, Axes & Tools
Rights
Public domain: published in the United States before 1930.
Transcription
Project Gutenberg eBook #44215

Contents

15 sections
  1. Foreword to the Second — Edition
  2. Chapter I — Fire Making by Friction
  3. Chapter II — Fire Making by Percussion
  4. Chapter III — How to Build a Fire
  5. Chapter IV — How to Lay a Good Cooking Fire
  6. Chapter V — Camp Kitchens
  7. Chapter VI — Camp Food
  8. Chapter VII — Packing Horses
  9. Chapter VIII — The Use of Dogs. Man Packing
  10. Chapter IX — Preparing for Camping Trip
  11. Chapter X — Saddles
  12. Chapter XI — Choosing a Camp Site
  13. Chapter XII — Axe and Saw
  14. Chapter XIII — Council Grounds and Fires
  15. Chapter XIV — Ritual of the Council Fire

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