THE OUTDOOR SURVIVAL
COLLECTION
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A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 200 rare, out-of-print books and manuals compiled together
for the first time on one USB flash drive covering all aspects of WILDERNESS
SURVIVAL.
Encompassing everything from
simple camping advice to extreme wilderness survival skills, this is an
absolute must for anyone with an interest in the great outdoors. Subjects
covered include: bushcraft, camp cookery, camp-life, trapping, snaring,
hunting, fishing, first aid, woodcraft, wilderness homes, map reading,
tracking, signs and signalling, and everything else essential for survival in
any weather and all terrains. The full list of titles included speaks for
itself….
This superb compilation of over
200 books, manuals and guides provides literally 1,000’s of
pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All
of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf
format - easy to read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet,
smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select
pages.
This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A collapsible
quail trap - H. D. Smith (1891)
A trip to the
Northwest by automobile; touring Yellowstone
park & Glacier park, camping and fishing on the way by H. Klussman (1922)
Adventures in
the wilds of the United States
and British American provinces Vol. 1 - C. Lanman (1856)
Adventures in
the wilds of the United
States and British American provinces Vol. 2
- C. Lanman (1856)
Alone in the
wilderness by J. Knowles (1913)
Andersch
bros. hunters and trappers guide - Andersch Bros. (1906)
Astronomy for
Boy Scouts and Others - T. W. Corbin (1910)
At home in
the wilderness what to do there and how to do it - J. K. Lord (1876)
Autocamping
by F. Brimmer (1923)
Bill Biddon,
trapper; or, Life in the Northwest - E. S. Ellis (1916)
Biographical
sketch of James Bridger; mountaineer, trapper and guide - G. M. Dodge (1904)
Black Beaver,
the trapper; the only book ever written by a trapper - J. C. Lewis (1911)
Bodines; or,
Camping on the Lycoming by T. Up De Graff (1879)
Boy scouts of
America
- a handbook of woodcraft scouting, and life-craft - E. T. Seton (1910)
Boys' life -
Boy Scouts of America
(1915 - 12 Issues)
Boys' Life -
Boy Scouts of America
(January 1922)
Boys' Life -
Boy Scouts of America
(July 1911)
Boys' Life -
Boy Scouts of America
(October 1915)
Buzzacott's
masterpiece - F. A. Buzzacott (1913)
Camp and
outing activities by F. Cheley (1915)
Camp and
trail by S. White (1911)
Camp cookery
- A cookery and equipment handbook for Boy scouts and other campers by A. Milam
(1918)
Camp cookery
by H. Kephart (1910)
Camp craft,
modern practice and equipment by W. Miller (1915)
Camp fires by
United States Forest Service (1915)
Camp fires in
the wilderness by E. Burt (1902)
Camp kits and
camp life by C. Hanks (1906)
Camp life in Florida; a handbook for
sportsmen and settlers by C. Hallock (1876)
Camp life in
the wilderness, a tale of Richardson
Lakes by C. Farrar (1879)
Camp life in
the woods and the tricks of trapping and trap making; containing comprehensive
hints on camp shelter, etc - W. H. Gibson (1881)
Camp stoves
and fireplaces by A. Taylor (1921)
Camping &
tramping with Roosevelt - J. Burroughs (1907)
Camping and
camp cooking by F. Bates (1909)
Camping and
camp outfits. A manual of instruction for young and old sportsmen by G. Shields
(1890)
Camping and
cruising in Florida
- J. A. Henshall (1884)
Camping and
woodcraft; a handbook for vacation campers and for travelers in the wilderness
- H. Kephart (1921)
Camping at
Cherry Pond by H. Abbott (1916)
Camping by A.
Lockwine (1911)
Camping for
boys by H. Gibson (1911)
Camping for
girls by H. Gregg (1907)
Camping in
the Alleghanies by T. Up De Graff (1883)
Camping in
the Canadian Rockies. An account of camp life
in the wilder parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- W. D. Wilcox (1896)
Camping in
the Muskoka region - J. Dickson (1886)
Camping on
the Great Lakes - R. S. Spears (1913)
Camping out
by W. Miller (1918)
Camping out
in California
by J. Rideout (1889)
Camping out
in the Yellowstone by M. Richards (1910)
Camping out
with the British Canoe Association - J. Hayward (1891)
Camps and
trails by H. Abbott (1918)
Camps and
tramps in the Adirondacks, and grayling fishing in northern Michigan a record of summer vacations in the
wilderness by A. Northrup (1880)
Camps in the Rockies - W. A. Baillie-Grohman (1882)
Camps,
billets, cooking - E. J. Solano (1917)
Canoeing and
camping by J. Cruikshank (1915)
Caravan days
by B. Smith (1914)
Caravanning
& camping-out - J. H. Stone (1914)
City boys in
the woods; or, A trapping venture in Maine
- H. P. Wells (1889)
Cooning with
'cooners - O. Kuechler (1922)
Daring deeds
of hunters & trappers - E. Young (1917)
Deadfalls and
snares; a book on instruction for trappers about these and other home-made
traps - A. R. Harding (1907)
Elements of
military sketching and map reading - J. B. Barnes (1917)
Field
training - signalling. Attack, defense, outposts, scouting, field sketching,
night operations, station work, despatch riding, telephones, map reading - E.
J. Solano (1918)
Fifty years a
hunter and trapper; experiences and observations of E. N. Woodcock, the noted
hunter and trapper - A. R. Haring (1913)
First aid for
boys; a manual for boy scouts and for others interested in prompt help for the
injured and the sick - N. B. Cole (1917)
Four dude
hunters by P. Field (1918)
Fox trapping
- A. R. Harding (1906)
Friends and
foes of wild life. A discussion of certain predacious birds and animals from
the standpoint of the sportsman, trapper and farmer - C. G. Abbott (1919)
From traps to
pocketbooks (1960)
Fur facts -
A. M. Ahern (1922)
Gaut Gurley;
or, The trappers of Umbagog. A tale of border life - D. P. Thompson (1857)
Guide du
chasseur de pelleterie - H. de Puyjalon (1893) (French text)
Handbook for
campers in the national forests in California
(1921)
Handbook of
military signalling - H. A. Giddings (1917)
Handbook of
trail campcraft (1921)
Harper's
camping and scouting; an outdoor guide for American boys by G. Grinnell (1911)
Hints for
camping and walking. How to camp out by J. Gould (1877)
Hints on
coyote and wolf trapping - S. P. Young (1922)
Hints on
mountain-lion trapping - S. P. Young (1921)
Holidays in
tents by W. Childs (1921)
How to build
a water snare - G. F. Schenfield (1922)
How to Hunt
and Trap - J. H. Batty (1878)
How to trap
and snare; a complete manual for the sportsman, game preserver, gamekeeper, and
amateur - W. Carnegie (1910)
How to trap
and the marketing of your furs - G. J. Theissen (1898)
Abraham
trapper's guide; this booklet contains all of the latest methods of trapping
every kind of fur bearing animal caught on the North American continent - I.
Abraham (1913)
In a fishing
country by W. Blake (1922)
In pine-tree
jungles - a handbook for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods - F. H. Clifford (1902)
In the open -
Stories of outdoor life by W. Stoddard (1908)
Jack, the
young trapper; an eastern boy's fur hunting in the Rocky
Mountains - G. B. Grinnell (1907)
James Clyman,
American Frontiersman, 1792-1881. The adventures of a trapper and covered wagon
emigrant as told in his own reminiscences and diaries Vol. 1 - C. L. Camp
(1921)
Journal of a
Trapper - O. Russell (1921)
Kinks, a book
of 250 helpful hints for hunters by H. Katz (1917)
Kit Carson's
life and adventures, from facts narrated by himself, embracing events in the
life-time of America's
greatest hunter, trapper, scout and guide - D. W. C. Peters (1874)
Leonard's
narrative, adventures of Zenas Leonard, fur trader and trapper, 1831-1836 - Z.
Leonard (1904)
Life in the
back-woods - a guide to the successful hunting and trapping of all kinds of
animals - Unknown author (1875)
Life of Kit
Carson, the great western hunter and guide - C. Burdett (1869)
Map reading
and panorama sketching - An Instructor (1917)
Map reading
and topographical sketching - E. R. Stuart (1918)
Military map
reading - C. O. Sherrill (1909)
Military
sketching and map reading - L. C. Grieves (1917)
Military
sketching and map reading for non-commissioned officers - L. C. Grieves (1915)
Military
sketching and map reading for noncoms. & men - R. F. Legge (1918)
Military
topography and map reading - W. H. Waldron (1917)
Mink
trapping; a book of instruction giving many methods of trapping - A. R. Harding
(1906)
Minne-Wawa
for boys and young men in the Ontario
highlands by W. Williams (1915)
Motor camping
by J. Long (1923)
Narrative of
the adventures of Zenas Leonard a native
of Clearfield County, Pa., who spent five years in trapping for
furs, trading with the Indians, etc. - Z. Leonard (1839)
Narratives of
trapping life, and of the professional trapper's methods of catching
fur-bearing animals in these localities - unknown author (1922)
Natural
history of western wild animals and guide for hunters, trappers, and sportsmen
- D. W. Cartwright (1875)
New ideas for
out of doors; the field and forest handy book - D. C. Beard (1906)
On the trail;
an outdoor book for girls by L. Beard (1915)
Organized
camping and progressive education by C. Ward (1922)
Out of doors
by E. Hough (1915)
Outdoor life
and Indian stories - all about woodcraft, signs and signaling, the stars,
fishing, camping by E. Elliss (1912)
Outdoor life
in England
by A. Fisher (1896)
Outdoor sports
and games by C. Miller (1911)
Packing and
portaging - D. Wallace (1912)
Popular map
reading - E. D. Laborde (1921)
Practical
hints on camping by H. Henderson (1882)
Roughing it
with boys; actual experiences of boys at summer and winter camps in the Maine woods by G.
Hinckley (1913)
Saskachewan
Trapper Training Manual (1917)
Scenes with
the hunter and the trapper in many lands - W. H. Adams (1876)
Science of
trapping; describes the fur bearing animals, their nature, habits and
distribution, with practical methods for their capture - E. H. Kreps (1909)
Scoutmastership,
a handbook for scoutmasters on the theory of scout training - R. Baden-Powell
(1920)
Shelters,
Shacks, and Shanties - D. C. Beard (1920)
Sign talk; a
universal signal code, without apparatus, for use in the army, the navy,
camping, hunting and daily life - E. T. Seton (1918)
Sketches of
camp life in the wilds of the Aroostook woods, Aroostook County, Maine
by C. West (1892)
Skyline
camps; a note book of a wanderer in our northwestern mountains by W. Eaton
(1922)
Steel traps.
Describes the various makes and tells how to use them, also chapters on care of
pelts, etc. - A. R. Harding (1907)
Summer in the
girls' camp by A. Coale (1919)
Supply
catalog, and the art of trapping - A.B. Shubert, Limited (1923)
The
accomplished muskrat trapper - A. O. Schmidt (1922)
The amateur
trapper - a complete guide to the arts of trapping, snaring and netting - S.
Harding (1917)
The American
boys' handybook of camp-lore and woodcraft by D. Beard (1920)
The art of
trapping - A. B. Shubert (1917)
The big hike
for the summer vacation period by J. Hauberg (1922)
The Bird
fancier's recreation, being curious remarks on the nature of song-birds - with
proper instuctions concerning the taking, feeding, breeding and teaching them -
A. Wetmore (1870)
The book of
camping and woodcraft; a guidebook for those who travel in the wilderness by H.
Kephart (1912)
The book of
camping by A. Verrill (1917)
The book of
camp-lore and woodcraft - D. C. Beard (1920)
The book of
woodcraft - E. T. Seton (1912)
The book of
woodcraft and Indian lore - E. T. Seton (1912)
The Boy
scout's hike book by E. Cave (1913)
The boy's
book of hunting and fishing practical
camping-out, game-fishing and wing-shooting by W. Miller (1916)
The boy's
camp book by E. Cave (1914)
The Camper's
Handbook - T. H. Holding (1908)
The camper's
own book - a handy volume for devotees of tent and trail by G. Bryan (1912)
The camping
ideal, the new human race by H. Wack (1912)
The complete
American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction by F.
Buzzacott (1913)
The complete
hunter's and sportman's manual and trapper's guide by F. Buzzacott (1903)
The demon
trapper of Umbagog, a thrilling tale of the Maine forests - D. P. Thompson (1890)
The forest by
S. White (1903)
The home of
the wolverene and beaver; or, Fur-hunting in the wilds of Canada - C. H. Eden (1876)
The hunter
and the trapper in North America - B. H.
Revoil (1874)
The hunter
and trapper - H. Thrasher (1868)
The hunter's
guide, and trapper's companion - An Experienced Woodsman (1869)
The hunter's
handbook by B. Stratton (1885)
The life and
adventures of Nat Foster, trapper and hunter of the Adirondacks
- A. L. Byron-Curtis (1897)
The life and
adventures of Wilburn Waters - the famous hunter and trapper of White Top
Mountain embracing early history of
southwestern Virginia, sufferings of the pioneers, etc. - C. B. Coale (1878)
The life of
Kit Carson, hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent, and colonel U.S.A. - E. S. Ellis (1899)
The mountains
- S. E. White (1910)
The Newhouse
trapper's guide - S. Newhouse (1914)
The open
spaces by J. Van Dyke (1922)
The outdoor
handy book - D. C. Beard (1914)
The pioneer woodsman
as he is related to lumbering in the Northwest by G. Warren (1914)
The Rockies
of Canada
- W. D. Wilcox (1900)
The
sanitation of recreation camps and parks by H. Bashore (1908)
The Shaybacks
in camp; ten summers under canvas by S. Barrows (1887)
The
sportsman's guide - E. S. Clevenger (1825)
The
sportsman's guide to the northern lakes, with hints on fishing, hunting, and
trapping - G. Francis (1885)
The
sportsman's workshop by W. Miller (1921)
The story of
the trapper - A. C. Laut (1902)
The trapper
Vol. 3 - A. C. Laut (1908)
The trapper
Vol. 4 - A. C. Laut (1908)
The trapper's
companion - unknown author (1919)
The trapper's
guide - a manual of instructions for capturing all kinds of fur-bearing
animals, and curing their skins - S. Newhouse (1869)
The way of
the woods; a manual for sportsmen in northeastern United
States and Canada by E. Breck (1908)
Tony
Alexander's practical hunter's & trapper's guide. The secrets of the art
told by an experienced trapper in his own way to the hunters & trappers of America - T.
Alexander (1887)
Topographic
surveying; including geographic, exploratory, and military mapping, with hints
on camping, emergency surgery, and photography by H. Wilson (1905)
Touring afoot
by C. Fordyce (1916)
Tracks and
Tracking - J. Brunner (1909)
Trail and
camp-fire, the book of the Boone and Crockett club - G. B. Grinnell (1897)
Trail craft -
An aid in getting the greatest good out of vacation trips by C. Fordyce (1922)
Trailing and
camping in Alaska
- A. M. Powell (1910)
Training
manual in topography, map reading and reconnaissance - G. R. Spalding (1918)
Tramping and
camping - D. H. Woolf (1912)
Trapping - W.
L. Arnold (1921)
Trapping and
handling Canada
geese - H. C. Hanson (1922)
Trapping as a
profession; trapping grounds of North America; guide to methods of trapping
them successfully; fur prospecting; professional trappers' methods - unknown
author (1922)
Trapping wild
animals in Malay jungles - C. Mayer (1921)
Traps of the
Amerinds - O. T. Mason (1900)
Twenty years
on the trap line ... twenty years experience in trapping, wolfing and hunting,
on the great Northwestern plains - J. Taylor (1829)
Vacation
camping for girls by J. Marks (1913)
Vacation on
the trail; personal experiences in the higher mountain trails with complete
directions for the outfitting of inexpensive expeditions by E.
Davenport (1923)
Wilderness
homes; a book of the log cabin - O. Kemp (1908)
Winter
camping - W. S. Carpenter (1920)
Wolf and
coyote trapping; an up-to-date wolf hunter's guide, giving the most successful
methods of experienced wolfers for hunting and trapping these animals - A. R.
Harding (1909)
Woodcraft by
E. Kreps (1919)
Woodcraft by
G. Sears (1900)
Woodcraft for
women - K. G. Pinkerton (1916)
Wrinkles; or,
Hints to sportsmen and travellers on dress, equipment, and camp life by H.
Leveson (1874)
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