Book Eight: Your Own Book of Campcraft

"Did you ever put a pack on your back, hike up hill and down and reach the end of a trail feeling tired but oh! so good?  Did you ever sit around a campfire, singing or swapping yearns, while the fire crackled? If you have, it is a sure thing that you felt it was "tops"...  and thus Your Own Book of Campcraft begins.  Seduced by the swell cover and the well-loved pages, it had to come home with me.

Part Girls Scouts, a little bit FoxFire and reminiscent of The Parent Trap, Campcraft is a filled with swell illustrations of knots, tents, tools and equipment perfect for the keen camper.  Experienced campers won't find anything new.  Novice outdoorsmen will find a great start to knots, lashing and even campfire recipes.

Prepared under the 'auspices' of the American Camping Association, this book is a fun bit of time travel to the 1950s.  It'll make you want to grab your rucksack and take to the backyard quicker than you can say 'kum-ba-ya'.