How to Camp Out is a classic camping guide by John M. Gould. Mr Gould states: In these few pages I have tried to prepare something about camping and walking, such as I should have enjoyed reading when I was a boy; and, with this thought in my mind, I some years ago began to collect the subject-matter for a book of this kind, by jotting down all questions about camping that my young friends asked me.

Written by US Civil War veteran John Mead Gould and originally published in 1877, "How to Camp Out" gives excellent insight into how people camped out over a century ago. It shows that people were quite capable of enjoying the outdoors without the benefit of Coleman stoves and lanterns, the L.L. Bean Catalog, an EMS store at the shopping mall or any modern conveniences. "How to Camp Out" helps us understand that people adapted to their environment and could endure the rigors of the simple life because the rewards were far greater. "How to Camp Out" contains practical camping advice which is...