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Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by D.C. Beard, first published in 1914. This edition contains Original Illustrations, interactive table of contents, and beautifully formatted.

"The drawings are all original and many of them invented by the author himself and published here for the first time, for the purpose of supplying all the boy readers, the Boy Scouts, and other older "boys," calling... More

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties by D.C. Beard, first published in 1914. This edition contains Original Illustrations, interactive table of contents, and beautifully formatted.

"The drawings are all original and many of them invented by the author himself and published here for the first time, for the purpose of supplying all the boy readers, the Boy Scouts, and other older "boys," calling themselves Scoutmasters and sportsmen, with practical hints, drawings, and descriptions showing how to build suitable shelters for temporary or permanent camps." - Daniel Carter Beard.

Chapters included:
Where to Find Mountain Goose. How to Pick and Use Its Feathers
The Half-Cave Shelter
How to Make the Fallen-Tree Shelter and the Scout-Master
How to Make Beaver-Mat Huts, or Fagot Shacks, without Injury to the Trees
Indian Shacks and Shelters
Birch Bark or Tar Paper Shack
Indian Communal Houses
Bark and Tar Paper
A Sawed-Lumber Shanty
A Sod House for the Lawn
How to Build Elevated Shacks, Shanties, and Shelters
etc.

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