Camping and bushcraft books
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New to the genre? These 5 are the books to read first.
Camping and Woodcraft
Horace KephartA long-running handbook of camp skills, tools, shelters and wilderness travel, and one of the basic references in the genre's history.
Bushcraft 101
Dave CanterburyA short, illustrated introduction to the minimal-kit wilderness skills that the term bushcraft now usually refers to.
Camp Cookery
Horace KephartAn early and influential guide to cooking on camping trips with simple equipment.
The Book of Camp-lore and Woodcraft
Daniel Carter BeardA woodcraft and camp-lore manual from one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America, showing how the scouting tradition shaped outdoor instruction.
Roughing It Easy
Dian ThomasA practical guide to camping comfort and simple outdoor cooking, popular in the 1970s and often cited as a source of camp-cooking ideas.
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More camping and bushcraft books
- Woodcraft
WoodcraftGeorge Washington Sears - Wildwood Wisdom
Wildwood WisdomEllsworth Jaeger - A Fine and Pleasant Misery
A Fine and Pleasant MiseryPatrick F. McManus - Shelters, Shacks, And Shanties
Shelters, Shacks, And ShantiesDaniel Carter Beard - Bushcraft Illustrated
Bushcraft IllustratedDave Canterbury - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Diary of a Wimpy KidJeff Kinney2009 - On Her Own
On Her OwnSuzanne Rand1984 - The golden book of camping and camp crafts
The golden book of camping and camp craftsGordon Lynn1959 - Bushcraft
BushcraftRichard H. Graves1978 - Camp cookery
Camp cookeryHorace Kephart1910 - Complete outdoors encyclopedia
Complete outdoors encyclopediaVin T. Sparano1972 - The backpacker's handbook
The backpacker's handbookChris Townsend1991