Trekking or "outing" book

[greggholmes]

I came across this book reading Readers Digest "Back to basics"



 I was looking at water proofing canvas. The picture showed a tent that looked like a Baker but was called a "shanty" tent.



 Googling the name in the article "Nessmuk" revealed it to be the pen name of George W. Sears. December 2, 1821 – May 1, 1890.



 "He was a sportswriter for Forest and Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist. His stories, appearing under the pen name, "Nessmuk" popularized self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open, lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping."

He was a "trekker".  He has a book called Woodcraft that describes many of his hikes and trips that, i believe is a must read. Yes he is a few years beyond the fur trade era but i believe he instills the spirit of the times.

His book is a free ebook that can be read online Here :

 online book

Or downloaded for free legally here.

 free ebook download

He describes what to take and how to take it and what to do when you get out there.

again a must read..

[rickevans]

Thanks for the resource and those links.

[sse]

Think I've seen that book before, but can't remember if I ever printed it out and read it.  If not, I know where I can find it!  Thanks.

[ridjrunr]

Thank you for the link.
Thats kind of like my old tent I started with.

[Winter Hawk]

One of my favorite books, which my father gave me some 40 years ago.  A lot of what he advocates would probably be frowned on these days but it is still very enlightening.  And he used a muzzle loader instead of one of those new fangled cartridge rifles to boot!

~Kees~