Horace Kephart: 3 books

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...

Originally published in 1910, this handy little book provides you with a wide variety of recipes for outdoor cookery. Fully illustrated and with a wealth of information , advice and comments on camping and cookery, this book would make an excellent addition to the bookshelf of anyone with a love of the outdoors.

**The Gold Hunters offers a unique look at the life in the gold camps of the nineteenth century American West — the different cultures attracted by the discovery of gold, how they related to one another and their contrasting food, clothes and entertainment. ** John David Borthwick (1824-1892),...