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Post by klsm54 on May 13, 2009 17:12:16 GMT -5
I brought up Nessmuk, the pen name of George Washington Sears, in another thread. He was an outdoor writer back in the 1800's. He wrote a book back in 1884, "Woodcraft", that is full of great information that in most cases still applies today... I guess good common sense never goes out of style. I read this book when I was a teenager and learned a lot from it. Not only is it a worthwhile read for it's valuable outdoors information, old Nessmuk was also a very entertaining outdoor writer. I found the book online and think I'll read it again. Here is the link if you're interested.... Woodcraft by Nessmuk |
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Post by jimh on May 14, 2009 7:12:30 GMT -5
scott i'm going to forward that link to our scout master and suggest we park it on our troop web site. heck maybe it should be mandatory reading for all the scouts.
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Post by jimiowa on May 14, 2009 7:38:48 GMT -5
Jim, That Book is available at Amazon.com for $6.95, within the reach of a Scouts budget. I'll be ordering a copy myself very soon. I spent about 40 minitues last night reading it on line and anyone could enjoy it.  |
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Post by klsm54 on May 14, 2009 9:15:18 GMT -5
Yep, I was thinking that it would make great reading for Boy Scouts.
Since it has been in print for over 125 years there should be lots of used copies out there for a reasonable price too.
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Post by twomoons on May 18, 2009 12:37:46 GMT -5
Nope it WON"T. Nessmuk was an advocate of SMOOTHING IT as opposed to rooughin' it. Most of his tips arre now either frowned upon or down right illegal. See what happens when your scouts make a bough bed or convert 2 trees into a semi permanant crapper. Somewhere I have 3 books by Nessmuk and even went so far as to forge a copy of his personal knife, but his camp tips are pretty much out of date unless you are living in BUS 142.
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Post by Jack on May 21, 2009 9:16:32 GMT -5
I just finished reading the on line "Woodcraft', by Nessmuk. A very enjoyable read for me, especially since a lot of his references to areas of the Adirondacks are areas I've been many times. I do have to agree, though, that Nessmuk's woodcraft was a product of his times, and wouldn't be wise today. Browse beds, bark lean to's, etc. Great link, Klsm, thank you. I did a short search on Nessmuk, and turned up a little more of his writings on line. Some of it was letters home while he was serving in the Civil War. I did find this link, which has a bit more: robroy.dyndns.info/books/gws/FLA.HTM |
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