The Backwoodsman: Primitive Camping: Shelter, Cooking, Fishing, and More (The Backwoodsman Book Series)

Learn timeless primitive-camping skills while taking a nostalgic look at 28 of The Backwoodsman magazine’s practical and enduring articles. As a young child, Charlie Richie Jr. used to watch his father build shelters, craft tools, and practice traditional outdoor skills-and fall in love with the Old Ways of Living.In 1979, Charlie Richie Sr. was inspired to create The Backwoodsman magazine, with a mission to preserve and share self-reliant skills that will forever be relevant. In The Backwoodsman: Primitive Camping, Charlie Jr. collects 28 of the magazine’s best articles focused on setting up and staying comfortably in a primitive camp.Written by experienced outdoorsmen, these selections feature hands-on projects and how-to instructions-often accompanied by diagrams and illustrations-for shelters, tools, camp comfort, and more. A testament to human ingenuity and the enduring value of traditional craftsmanship in an increasingly technological world, this book ensures that essential outd