"Woodcraft" is dedicated to the Grand Army of "outers," as a pocket volume of reference on - woodcraft. For brick and mortar breed filth and crime, With a pulse of evil that throbs and beats; And men are withered before their prime By the curse paved in with the lanes and streets. And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed, Is the smothering reek of mill and mine; And death stalks in on the struggling crowd - But he shuns the shadow of oak and pine. NESSMUK "Field" sized imprint of what most agree to be the definitive edition of "Woodcraft" - the twelfth edition, published by Forest and...

Woodcraft and Camping is an outdoors classic by George Washington Sears. It does not need that Herbert Spencer should cross the ocean to tell us that we are an overworked nation; that our hair turns gray ten years earlier than the Englishman's; or, "that we have had somewhat too much of the gospel of work," and, "it is time to preach the gospel of relaxation."

"Woodcraft" from George Washington Sears. George Washington Sears, sportswriter for Forest and Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist (1821-1890).

Woodcraft is a classic woodcraft handbook by George Washington Sears. Woodcraft is dedicated to the Grand Army of "Outers," as a pocket volume of reference on woodcraft.

2016 Reprint of 1884 Edition. George Washington Sears (aka "Nessmuk") was not only a master woodsman, but he shared his knowledge of bushcraft with the public in print. His classic work "Woodcraft and Camping" provides a valuable and useful guide on all aspects of outdoor living and survival, from camp construction, fishing, hunting, needed tools and equipment, fire building, cooking and much more. Nessmuk provided the foundation from which later survival authors, such as the great Horace Kephart, would build. In this work, one of Americas most famous woodsmen and nature experts provides...