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Posts Tagged ‘Books’
For the Camping Gourmet: The Great American Camping Cookbook
We love the back-to-basics camp cooking philosphy in Scott Cookman’s Great American Camping Cookbook, especially when it’s backed up with the grub lists of famous explorers from the pre-ziplock baggy and processed camp-food era (such as Sigurd Olson’s 1935 Boundary Waters trip packing list, which included 5 lbs bacon for 2 people for one week. [...]
Book Review: Knots by Gorden Perry
For those of us who never achieved eagle scout status and don’t know a rolling hitch from a bowline, here’s help! Whether securing a canoe on a car, a food bag out of a bear’s reach, or a rain tarp to a tree, knots are the unsung hero of successful outings. This is not a [...]
Book Review: Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Our reviews are nothing if not honest, so trust me when I say this book should be required reading for every American. True, there are parts that get a bit dry (pun intended) and one must just wade on through (ha!) From the westward-ho settlers to the dam efforts of the Army Corps of Engineers [...]