Outdoors category: 5873 books
by David Seidman, Paul Cleveland
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
Now with full-color topographic maps and featuring the latest on electronic navigation, The Essential Wilderness Navigator is the clearest and most up-to-date route-finding primer available. Providing readers with exercises for developing a directional ‘sixth sense,’ tips on mastering the art...
by John Traynor
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Practical in its focus, this guide offers detailed information and advice on getting the most out of camping light - on foot or by bike, canoe or car. It explores the many varieties of lightweight tent life and travel including all the skills required and the essential equipment. From picking a campsite...
Best Tent Camping: Florida
Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Best Tent Camping: Florida will guide you to the quietest, most beautiful, most secure, and best managed campgrounds in Florida. Painstakingly selected from more than 1,000 campgrounds in the forest, in the swamps, and on the coast, each campsite is rated for beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness,...
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Mountain Man Skills
Hunting, Trapping, Woodwork, and More
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Crafts and Skills of the Mountain Man is a fascinating, practical guide to the skills that have made the mountain men famous worldwide as outdoorsmen and craftsmen. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying a hand at making rafts and canoes, constructing tools, and living off the land.
Learn...
Mist on the River
An Angler's Quest for Steelhead
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
As he says in the prologue to his book, Michael Checchio likes his fly-fishing on big western rivers where there are lots of mountains to look at, and where the steelhead don't come out of a hatchery but are born as nature intended, in the cold gravel of a clean stream. He finds all this and more...
Campfire Cuisine
Gourmet Recipes for the Great Outdoors
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Finally, here's a guide for people who love good food and the great outdoors. Campfire Cuisine* *provides more than 100 recipes for delicious, healthy, satisfying meals to make at your campsite or in any outdoor setting. Also included are tips on meal planning, shopping, and choosing the right equipment....
Wilderness Survival Tools: Bushcraft Strategies and Tools You Will Need to Know to Be Safe When Backpacking or Camping
Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Do you relish life in the great outdoors, do you love to walk and camp? There is something magical about spending time with nature but do you have the skills to handle it if something goes wrong?
What about another emergency – could you cope if you got separated from your group or if your...
by V. Paul Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
In Backtrack, former naval officer, avid outdoorsman, sportsman, editor, and award-winning journal- ist V. Paul Reynolds journeys back along the path of his life to revisit and share with readers many of his outdoor experiences. Reynolds was introduced to the outdoors by his father, Harvard Reynolds,...
Camping and Woodcraft
A Handbook for Vacation Campers and Travelers in the Woods
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Originally published in 1906, Horace Kephart’s Camping and Woodcraft: A Handbook for Vacation Campers and Travelers in the Woods stands over a century later as a classic in outdoors writing. Praised by Field & Stream as “an encyclopedia of living in the open,” it provides expertly detailed answers...
Woodcraft and Indian Lore
A Classic Guide from a Founding Father of the Boy Scouts of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
At the turn of the twentieth century, an age of booming technology and a rapid reduction of the outdoors, wildlife enthusiast Ernest Thompson Seton called for a renewed interest in outdoor living. If the nation was in need of a dose of nature then, we could certainly benefit from Seton’s expert...
Winter in the Wilderness
A Field Guide to Primitive Survival Skills
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Camping or backpacking in winter is appealing for many who enjoy the serenity of wilderness settings without the crowds and bustle of the summer season. But as rewarding as they can be, these outings require special preparation and a different set of skills than are necessary at other times of the...
Moon Yellowstone & Grand Teton
With Jackson Hole
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2020
Forge your way through forests, across mountain peaks, past geysers, and more with Moon Yellowstone & Grand Teton. Inside you'll find:
Flexible Itineraries: Adventure-packed ideas ranging from one day in each national park to a week-long road trip covering both
The Best Hikes in Yellowstone &...
Survival Wisdom & Know How
Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the ultimate all-in-one survival guide; filled to the brim with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and more.
Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole -- the industry's leader...