If you scroll down on this link you'll find a list of 25 Old Time Bush Skills Books. Lot's of information in the left hand menu too.
http://therucksack.tripod.com/oldbus...ushskillsbooks
Old Time Bushskills Books
If you scroll down on this link you'll find a list of 25 Old Time Bush Skills Books. Lot's of information in the left hand menu too.
http://therucksack.tripod.com/oldbus...ushskillsbooks
Tracks Across the High Plains...Death on the Bombay Line...A Touch of Death and Mayhem...Dead Rock...The Griswald Mine Boys...All On Amazon Books.
Looks like a sample list of my library.....great find, Thanks
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Thank you very much. I have it bookmarked. Tony
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Good list!
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For anyone interested in old style bushcraft, I would recommend without a doubt, Wildwood Wisdom by Jaeger Ellsworth, which does happen to be on the list. I own a copy of this book and in my opinion, it is the best guide on this subject. Given I haven't read too many other old style bushcraft guides but it covers everything in depth, is filled with many helpful illustrations, and is written simply and in a no-nonsense approach.
Where can I download or buy some of these books? Is there a good website that anyone knows?
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The link is in the OP.Originally Posted by Mehektet
That is a great list of Books.
At the risk of stating the obvious, in these times of eBooks, Kindles etc. it is worth carrying your favorite Bushcraft Book as a hard copy in your Rucksack.
In my collection I have several well written books but they are simply too large and too heavy to take with me.
My personal favorite is the "Book of Camping and Woodcraft by Horace Kephart". Many would argue that because it was written over a hundred years ago that it has no real validity to today. But, it has a wealth of information on how they used to live out in the Wilds for prolonged periods and why they did things in the way they did. For anyone interested in the more Primitive methods it is a Gold Mine of Information and the Book is still available today.
Though not purely bushcraft by any means, the entire set of the Foxfire series is a historical read...
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I love the idea that "Two is one, and one is none." until I try to carry twice as much!
Indeed, even here in the Netherlands we use the Foxfire series...
I have even read the first 5 books and my grandmother has read the first 8.
The books work like a charm. Thanks for posting.
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