Harper's Camping And Scouting: An Outdoor Guide For American Boys (1911) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1164197711 ISBN 13 : 9781164197713

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Harper's Camping and Scouting: An Outdoor Guide for American Boys is a comprehensive guidebook written by George Bird Grinnell in 1911. The book is designed to teach young boys the skills necessary for camping and scouting in the great outdoors. It covers a wide range of topics, including how to select and set up a campsite, how to build a fire, how to cook food over an open flame, and how to navigate using a compass and map.The book also includes information on various outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, and trapping. There are chapters devoted to identifying different types of birds, animals, and plants, as well as instructions on how to make various types of outdoor equipment, such as fishing rods, bows and arrows, and snowshoes.Throughout the book, Grinnell emphasizes the importance of self-reliance, resourcefulness, and respect for nature. He encourages boys to develop their physical and mental abilities through outdoor activities, and to learn to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the natural world.Harper's Camping and Scouting: An Outdoor Guide for American Boys is a classic guidebook that has been used by generations of young boys to learn the skills and values necessary for a life of adventure and exploration in the great outdoors.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1164197711
• ISBN 13: 9781164197713
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 420
• Éditeur: Grinnell George Bird, Wan Eugene La Forrest
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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