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The American Boy's Handy Book: What to Do and How to Do It (Nonpareil Book, 29)

31 reviews
Daniel Carter Beard

David R Godine, 1998

Handy book is right!!
This book is an excellent "how-to" guide for any project imaginable, many of which have become "lost arts" in todays society. Great for outdoor enthusists as well as scouters, with tons of fun crafts, activities and skills for the taking!! It contains many alternative activities to video gaming,virtual reality, and electronic pastimes to get kids outdoors and thinking and learning creatively. I ...

The Field and Forest Handy Book: New Ideas for Out of Doors (Nonpareil Book, 94.)

8 reviews
Daniel Carter Beard, David R. Godine

David R Godine, 2000

Dan Beard; Field and Forest Handy Book
Excellent book for any outdoor explorer. Interesting for adults, too. Now our sons want his other books!

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft (American Boy's Handy Book)
Daniel Carter Beard

David R Godine, 2008

This is our fourth "handy book" by Dan Beard, the founder of the American Scouting movement, who believed that having boys build things with their hands was not only a detriment to making mischief, but also the basis for building great lives. In this belief, Beard was indefatigable, and every Scout worth his merit badge was expected to read his classic tract on camp-lore and woodcraft, which included instructions on how to build a good fire, ...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

130 reviews
Mark Twain

Quiet Vision Publishing, 2001

Always
I have always received the best service when I have placed an order from you. Outstanding!!!!!

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Oxford World's Classics)
Mark Twain

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

When A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court was published in 1889, Mark Twain was undergoing a series of personal and professional crises. In his Introduction, M. Thomas Inge shows how what began as a literary burlesque of British chivalry and culture developed to tragedy and into a novel that remains a major literary and cultural text for generations of new readers. This edition reproduces a number of the original drawings by Dan Beard, ...

The Original Boy's Handy Book
Daniel Carter Beard, 2007

Synopsis First published in 1882 this timeless bestseller by one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America is chock-full of cool projects, games and crafts for every season of the year.

The Outdoor Handy Book: For Playground, Field and Forest
Daniel Carter Beard

Skyhorse Publishing, 2008

The sporty sequel to the bestselling The American Boy's Handy Book . Ingenuity and self-reliance are valuable qualities in a boy or man," writes famed outdoorsman Daniel Carter Beard. And what better way to foster them than by working—or playing—with your hands? For fathers who want to build the model ships (or real boats!) they never knew how to build, and sons who want to build the ultimate snow fort, The Outdoor Handy Book is a ...

Boat-Building and Boating

Dixon Price Publishing, 2001

The Body Lovers
Mickey Spillane

Signet/NAL, 1967

Basket Pioneering
Osma Palmer Couch

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

A Popular Hand Book Containing Concise Basketry Directions With Clear, Simple Diagrams Designed For The Beginner As Well As The More Experienced Basket Weaver. A Complete Study Of Round Basketry Materials.

The American Boy's Handy Book: Build a Fort, Sail a Boat, Set a Trap, Throw a Boomerang, Make a Telescope, ...
Daniel Carter Beard

Ulysses Press, 2008

Shelters, shacks, and shanties

13 reviews
Daniel Carter Beard

Scribner, 1972

Outdoorsmen's delight
This book is geared towards building structures that were used by outdoorsmen from years past. It covers how to make a bed from natural materials, a log cabin, Native American log house, and how to work an axe just to name a few topics covered in this book. The drawings of the dwellings in the book are simple (but not in depth plans or charts). The author does a great job of explaining how to ...

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