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Wildwood Wisdom: Classic Wilderness Living » (2ND)
Authors: Ellsworth Jaeger, Lloyd Kahn
ISBN-13: 9780936070124, ISBN-10: 0936070129
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Shelter Publications, Incorporated
Date Published: December 1999
Edition: 2ND
Author Biography: Ellsworth Jaeger
Book Synopsis
This historical guide, originally written in 1945, includes information on making fires, canoeing, using axes and knives, and crafting shelters from hand-gathered materials. Readers also learn about clothing, gear, and useful plants. This book also is an account of life in the 1800s, when survival in the wild depended on one's skill and ingenuity.
Table of Contents
| Chapter 1. | The Woodsman of Yesterday | 1 |
| Chapter 2. | Outdoor Clothing | 6 |
| Blanket coats | ||
| Parka, a-tige or dickey | ||
| Hopi Indian buckskin shirt | ||
| A modern buckskin hunting shirt | ||
| Buckskin vests | ||
| Buckskin and rawhide buttons | ||
| Buckskin leggings | ||
| Cowboy chaps | ||
| How to make buckskin | ||
| Rawhide | ||
| Furs | ||
| Indian tanning of pelts | ||
| Footwear | ||
| Gloves | ||
| Outdoor headgear | ||
| Chapter 3. | Packs and Packing | 63 |
| Packsack contents | ||
| Types of packs | ||
| Pack horses | ||
| Pack saddles | ||
| Riding and riding equipment | ||
| Chapter 4. | Blankets and Beds | 99 |
| Blankets | ||
| Beds | ||
| Sleeping bags | ||
| Chapter 5. | Shelters | 111 |
| Camp sites | ||
| Canoe shelter | ||
| Lean-tos | ||
| Tepees and wigwams | ||
| Tents | ||
| Eskimo snow-house | ||
| Adobe huts | ||
| Seminole shack | ||
| Chapter 6. | Fire Making | 135 |
| What is Fire | ||
| Primitive fire making | ||
| Matches | ||
| Building Fires | ||
| Firewoods | ||
| Kinds of fire | ||
| Chapter 7. | Use of Ax and Knife | 156 |
| Tomahawk | ||
| Modern camp ax | ||
| How to chop | ||
| Knives | ||
| Chapter 8. | Outdoor Sanitation and Health | 171 |
| Drinking water | ||
| Latrines | ||
| Garbage disposal | ||
| Insect pests | ||
| Poisonous insects and spiders | ||
| Poisonous reptiles | ||
| Chapter 9. | Camp Cookery Equipment | 190 |
| Tin-can kits | ||
| Flat-stone cookery | ||
| Hot-stone cookery | ||
| Woods-made utensils | ||
| Hunter's kitchen | ||
| Protecting perishable foods | ||
| Cupboard cache | ||
| Camp kitchen rack | ||
| Chapter 10. | Camp Cookery | 209 |
| Camp breads | ||
| Camp pies | ||
| Corn cookin' | ||
| Fish in camp | ||
| Camp meats | ||
| Soups | ||
| Camp beverages | ||
| Chapter 11. | Useful Animals and Birds | 229 |
| Fresh- and salt-water food | ||
| Game birds | ||
| Small game | ||
| Large game | ||
| Unusual foods | ||
| Chapter 12. | Edible, Poisonous and Useful Plants and Trees | 245 |
| Edible shoots and leaves | ||
| Edible roots | ||
| Edible nuts and seeds | ||
| Edible fruits | ||
| Edible buds | ||
| Wild beverages | ||
| Sugars and syrups | ||
| Wild seasoning | ||
| Wildwood flavoring | ||
| Starvation foods | ||
| Chewing gum | ||
| Fungus foods | ||
| Some poisonous plants | ||
| Skin-irritant plants | ||
| Wildwood medicines | ||
| Soap plants | ||
| Cordage | ||
| Brushes and brooms | ||
| Chapter 13. | Barkcraft | 307 |
| The legend of birchbark | ||
| Gathering birchbark | ||
| Preparing bark | ||
| Uses of bark | ||
| Chapter 14. | Canoes, Canoeing and Portaging | 328 |
| Canadian voyageurs | ||
| Canoes | ||
| Canoe paddles | ||
| Paddling a canoe | ||
| Loading a canoe | ||
| Portaging | ||
| Landing and launching | ||
| Canoe repairs | ||
| Canoe shelter | ||
| Canoe upset | ||
| Canoe don'ts | ||
| Canoe and paddle decoration | ||
| Chapter 15. | Trailcraft | 348 |
| Trail blazes | ||
| Animal signs and blazes | ||
| Flatfoot fraternity | ||
| Long hind-leggers | ||
| Toe walkers | ||
| Toenail walkers | ||
| Bird tracks | ||
| Chapter 16. | Stalking and Calling Animals | 367 |
| Stalking | ||
| Indian decoys | ||
| Calling | ||
| Bird whistles | ||
| Animal voices | ||
| Artificial calling aids | ||
| Scent lures | ||
| Easily identified bird and animal voices | ||
| Chapter 17. | Lost | 391 |
| Nature's compasses | ||
| How to use a compass | ||
| Maps and map reading | ||
| Weather signs | ||
| Barometers | ||
| Chapter 18. | Indian Lore | 405 |
| Spears | ||
| Iroquois fish hooks | ||
| Bolas | ||
| Pueblo rabbit stick | ||
| Drills | ||
| Flint chipping | ||
| Stone ax | ||
| Cherokee blow gun | ||
| Saws | ||
| Adz | ||
| Pipes | ||
| Awls | ||
| Warclub | ||
| Knives | ||
| Siouxalarm clock | ||
| Chapter 19. | Camp Furnishings | 420 |
| Washbasin tripod | ||
| Hooks and hangers | ||
| Tepee back-rest bed | ||
| Lamps and candlesticks | ||
| Chairs and tables | ||
| Rawhide couch | ||
| Rawhide lamp shade | ||
| Hopi Indian log ladders | ||
| Backwoods curtains and rods | ||
| Fungus craft | ||
| Totem cabin decoration | ||
| Cabin chests | ||
| Chapter 20. | Woods in Winter | 438 |
| Conditioning yourself for winter | ||
| Sleeping bag or robe | ||
| Winter shelters | ||
| Winter enemies | ||
| Sleds and sledges | ||
| Dog teams | ||
| Snowshoes | ||
| Some winter tracks | ||
| Winter sleep | ||
| Index | 475 |
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