Trekking or "outing" book

[greggholmes]

I came across this book reading Readers Digest "Back to basics"



I was looking at water proofing canvas. The picture showed a tent that looked like a Baker but was called a "shanty" tent.



Googling the name in the article "Nessmuk" revealed it to be the pen name of George W. Sears. December 2, 1821 – May 1, 1890.



"He was a sportswriter for Forest and Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist. His stories, appearing under the pen name, "Nessmuk" popularized self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open, lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping."

He was a "trekker".  He has a book called Woodcraft that describes many of his hikes and trips that, i believe is a must read. Yes he is a few years beyond the fur trade era but i believe he instills the spirit of the times.

His book is a free ebook that can be read online Here :

http://www.zianet.com/jgray/nessmuk/woodcraft/title_page.html

Or downloaded for free legally here.

http://www.zianet.com/jgray/index.html

He describes what to take and how to take it and what to do when you get out there.

again a must read..

[old salt]

Thanks fir the information

[dfoster]

I own the book and it's a good read with good info for beginner's.

I've got my copy currently on lone to a friend that's 35 and has never been camping at all. I get a good laugh everytime he reads something and comes back to me with the question, "Did you know....?"

[ErikPrice1@msn.com]

I got two of them. They are pretty expensive on feebay. Lotsa good info, use to read it all the time as a kid.

[Jeremiah]

Thanks much...and the links are very helpful.  I have a hard time reading books on this computer, but I bought my wife a Kindle last year and lo and behold...I use it more than she does!  Lots of free books...including some mountaineer biography's and such that are now public domain.  Going to look this one up and see if it is available for the Kindle. 

[texasranger]

good info, and I need all I can get.