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As this book is written for boys of all ages, it has been divided under two general heads, "The Tomahawk Camps" and "The Axe Camps," that is, camps which may be built with no tool but a hatchet, and camps that will need the aid of an axe. The smallest boys can build some of the simple shelters and the older boys can build the more difficult ones. The reader may, if he likes, begin with the first of the book, build his way through it, and graduate by building the log houses; in doing this he will be closely following the history of the human race, because ever since our arboreal ancestors with prehensile toes scampered among the branches of the pre-glacial forests and built nestlike shelters in the trees, men have made themselves shacks for a temporary refuge. But as one of the members of the Camp-Fire Club of America, as one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America, and as the founder of the Boy Pioneers of America, it would not be proper for the author to admit for one moment that there can be such a thing as a camp without a camp-fire, and for that reason the tree folks and the "missing link" whose remains were found in Java, and to whom the scientists gave the awe-inspiring name of Pithecanthropus erectus, cannot be counted as campers, because they did not know how to build a camp-fire; neither can we admit the ancient maker of stone implements, called eoliths, to be one of us, because he, too, knew not the joys of a camp-fire. But there was another fellow, called the Neanderthal man, who lived in the ice age in Europe and he had to be a camp-fire man or freeze! As far as we know, he was the first man to build a camp-fire. The cold weather made him hustle, and hustling developed him. True, he did cook and eat his neighbors once in a while, and even split their bones for the marrow; but we will forget that part and just remember him as the first camper in Europe.

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CONTENTS CHAPTER Foreword I. Where to Find Mountain Goose. How to Pick and Use Its Feathers II. The Half-Cave Shelter III. How to Make the Fallen-Tree Shelter and the Scout-Master IV. How to Make the Adirondack, the Wick-Up, the Bark Teepee, the Pioneer, and the Scout V. How to Make Beaver-Mat Huts, or Fagot Shacks, without Injury to the Trees VI. Indian Shacks and Shelters VII. Birch Bark or Tar Paper Shack VIII. Indian Communal Houses IX. Bark and Tar Paper X. A Sawed-Lumber Shanty XI. A Sod House for the Lawn XII. How to Build Elevated Shacks, Shanties, and Shelters XIII. The Bog Ken XIV. Over-Water Camps XV. Signal-Tower, Game Lookout, and Rustic Observatory XVI. Tree-Top Houses XVII. Caches XVIII. How to Use an Axe XIX. How to Split Logs, Make Shakes, Splits, or Clapboards. How to Chop a Log in Half. How to Flatten a Log. Also Some Don'ts XX. Axemen's Camps XXI. Railroad-Tie Shacks, Barrel Shacks, and Chimehuevis XXII. The Barabara XXIII. The Navajo Hogan, Hornaday Dugout, and Sod House XXIV. How to Build an American Boy's Hogan XXV. How to Cut and Notch Logs XXVI. Notched Log Ladders XXVII. A Pole House. How to Use a Cross-Cut Saw and a Froe XXVIII. Log-Rolling and Other Building Stunts XXIX. The Adirondack Open Log Camp and a One-Room Cabin XXX. The Northland Tilt and Indian Log Tent XXXI. How to Build the Red Jacket, the New Brunswick, and the Christopher Gist XXXII. Cabin Doors and Door-Latches, Thumb-Latches and Foot Latches and How to Make Them XXXIII. Secret Locks XXXIV. How to Make the Bow-Arrow Cabin Door and Latch and the Deming Twin Bolts, Hall, and Billy XXXV. The Aures Lock Latch XXXVI. The American Log Cabin XXXVII. A Hunter's or Fisherman's Cabin XXXVIII. How to Make a Wyoming Olebo, a Hoko River Olebo, a Shake Cabin, a Canadian Mossback, and a Two-Pen or Southern Saddle-Bag House XXXIX. Native Names for the Parts of a Kanuck Log Cabin, and How to Build One XL. How to Make a Pole House and How to Make a Unique but Thoroughly American Totem Log House XLI. How to Build a Susitna Log Cabin and How to Cut Trees for the End Plates XLII. How to Make a Fireplace and Chimney for a Simple Log Cabin XLIII. Hearthstones and Fireplaces XLIV. More Hearths and Fireplaces XLV. Fireplaces and the Art of Tending the Fire XLVI. The Building of the Log House XLVII. How to Lay a Tar Paper, Birch Bark, or Patent Roofing XLVIII. How to Make a Concealed Log Cabin Inside of a Modern House XLIX. How to Build Appropriate Gateways for Grounds Enclosing Log Houses, Game Preserves, Ranches, Big Country Estates, and Last but not Least Boy Scouts' Camp Grounds

This special edition of “Shelters, Shacks and Shanties” was written by Daniel Beard Carter, and first published in 1914. This book explores useful, potentially-life-saving skills to use in the wilderness, for recreation or for survival. This incredible book could literally save your life! If you enjoy recreating in the mountains, gadding about in the Great Outdoors, and are a generally outdoorsy-type, you need this book! Chapters include Where to Find Mountain Goose, The Half-Cave Shelter, How to Make a Fallen Tree Shelter, Indian Shacks and Shelters, A Sawed-Lumber Shanty, The Bog Ken, How to Build Elevated Shacks, Shanties and Shelters, How to Use an Axe, Notched Log Ladders, Fireplaces and the Art of Tending the Fire, and many more. This amazing old is now over one hundred years old, but is just as useful today as it was then – perhaps even more so, since a lot of these skills are not known by most of us today. IMPORTANT NOTE – Please read BEFORE buying! THIS BOOK IS A REPRINT. IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL COPY. This book is a reprint edition and is a perfect facsimile of the original book. It is not set in a modern typeface and has not been digitally rendered. As a result, some characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background. This book appears exactly as it did when it was first printed. DISCLAIMER : Due to the age of this book, some methods or practices may have been deemed unsafe or unacceptable in the interim years. In utilizing the information herein, you do so at your own risk. We republish antiquarian books without judgment, solely for their historical and cultural importance, and for educational purposes. If purchasing a book more than 50 years old, especially for a minor, please use due diligence and vet the text before handing it over to them.

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Illustrated throughout with instructional line drawings, “Shelters, Shacks and Shanties” harkens back to the can-do spirit of the American frontier and belongs in the knapsack of every modern scout, young and old alike.Originally published in 1914, “Shelters, Shacks and Shanties” presents step-by-step tutelage on all aspects of outdoor accommodation. D. C. Beard explains how to construct a variety of worry-free shelters appropriate to a natural environment that is by turns both friendly and foreboding. Included are a sod house for the lawn, a treetop house, over-water camps, and an American log cabin. Fully recognizing that the Outdoorsman builds a shelter with the intention of inhabiting it, Beard explains how to build hearths and chimneys, notched log ladders, and even how to rig secret locks.