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Sears George Washington - The Forest Life A Classic Guide To Canoeing Fishing Hunting And Bushcraft - Hardcover

Sears George Washington - The Forest Life A Classic Guide To Canoeing Fishing Hunting And Bushcraft - Hardcover

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Description: Forest Life collects George Washington Sears timeless writing about the joys of exploring the wilderness edited for a modern audience. In text both practical and inspirational Sears provides enduring wisdom about trips into the woods and lakes including equipment campfires fishing camp cooking traveling light and canoes. The original "forest bather " Sears wanted others to enjoy the woods as he did. His published Woodcraft in 1884 to help prepare skillful self - reliant woodsman and to extol the restorative power of nature writing " There are men who on finding themselves alone in a pathless forest become appalled almost panic stricken And there be some who plunge into an unbroken forest with a feeling of fresh free invigorating delight as they might dash into a crisp ocean surf on a hot day." In addition to Woodcraft Forest Life contains many of his articles from Forest and Stream as well as his nature poetry. Sears is especially eloquent about canoeing which he helped popularize with published tales of his adventures. In 1883, when he was 61 years old and suffering from tuberculosis he used a 9 - foot 10 - 1/2 pound canoe to travel 266 miles through the Adirondacks writing " The easy gentle rocking of the canoe was the best incentive to drowsiness I ever found and by night or day was nearly certain to send me into dreamland. A score of times I have gone to sleep drifting on deep wide water to be awakened by the pressing and bumping of the little craft among the dead balsams and spruces that make up half the shorelines of all the lakes in the North Woods." This two - color gift book illustrated with period etchings of scenes people flora and fauna of the Adirondacks is the perfect gift book for the outdoor enthusiast. This handsome affordable collection will be especially appealing to the millions who canoe camp and fish.
Title: The Forest Life A Classic Guide To Canoeing Fishing Hunting And Bushcraft
Author(s): Sears George Washington
Publisher: Running Press U. S.
Barcode: 9780762465538
Pages: 288 Pages, 80 Illustrations Throughout
Publication Date: 10/23/2018
Category: Active Outdoor Pursuits
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