The wife of a minister in a small frontier town west of Boston, Mary Rowlandson was forced to leave her house in the late winter of 1676 after marauding Indians set the building on fire. "I had often before this said," she later wrote, "that if the Indians should come, I should chuse rather to be killed by them than taken alive but when it came to the tryal my mind changed; their glittering weapons so daunted my spirit, that I chose rather to go along . . . than to end my days." Thus began Mary Rowlandson's account of her arduous journey as a servant to her captors, the Narragansett...
The wife of a minister in a small frontier town west of Boston, Mary Rowlandson was forced to leave her house in the late winter of 1676 after maraudi...
Captive Among the Indians is a collection of stories written by men who claimed to be captured by native tribes; they are an interesting piece of history.
Captive Among the Indians is a collection of stories written by men who claimed to be captured by native tribes; they are an interesting piece of hist...
Excerpt from Preface The present work is based upon my "Book of Camping and Woodcraft," which appeared in 1906. All of the original material here retained has been revised, and so much new matter has been added that this is virtually a new work, filling two volumes instead of one. My first book was intended as a pocket manual for those who travel where there are no roads and who perforce must go light. I took little thought of the fast-growing multitude who go to more accessible places and camp out just for the pleasure and...
CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT, VOL. 1 By Horace Kephart
Excerpt from Preface The present work is based upon my "Book of Camping and Woodcraft...
From the intro: "James Smith, pioneer, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1737. When he was eighteen years of age he was captured by the Indians, was adopted into one of their tribes, and lived with them as one of themselves until his escape in 1759. He became a lieutenant under General Bouquet during the expedition against the Ohio Indians in 1764, and was captain of a company of rangers in Lord Dunmore's War. In 1775 he was promoted to major of militia. He served in the Pennsylvania convention in 1776, and in the assembly in 1776-77. In the latter year he was commissioned colonel...
From the intro: "James Smith, pioneer, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1737. When he was eighteen years of age he was captured by the In...
Heralded as the "bible of outdoorsmen" by hunters, campers, fishers, and craftsmen of all walks, Horace Kephart's perennially sought-after guidebook "Woodcraft," stands as an astounding testament to the vast depth and precision of the author's practical knowledge and profound love of life in the outdoors. The second half of Kephart's enormous two-volume collection, "Camping and Woodcraft," this more portable book contains a wealth of information on living off the land. Topics covered include:
Pathfinding Axemanship Cabin construction Knot-tying Marksmanship Hide tanning Cave...
Heralded as the "bible of outdoorsmen" by hunters, campers, fishers, and craftsmen of all walks, Horace Kephart's perennially sought-after guideboo...
Heralded as the "bible of outdoorsmen" by hunters, campers, fishers, and crafters of all walks, Horace Kephart's perennially sought-after two-volume tome, "Camping and Woodcraft," stands as an astounding testament to the vast depth and precision of the author's practical knowledge and profound love of life in the outdoors. A beacon of self-reliance with the intellectual appetite of the world's most accomplished scholars, Kephart spent his early years in voracious pursuit of knowledge as a precocious student, bibliophile, and librarian at such prestigious institutions as Yale University and...
Heralded as the "bible of outdoorsmen" by hunters, campers, fishers, and crafters of all walks, Horace Kephart's perennially sought-after two-volum...