• Woodcraft

  • By: Nessmuk
  • Narrated by: Walter Norris
  • Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (55 ratings)

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By: Nessmuk
Narrated by: Walter Norris
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"Woodcraft" is a quite poetic guide to the wild by Nessmuk. Canoeing had been popularized by Scottish lawyer John MacGregor in the 1860s, but the typical canoe trip of the day employed expert guides and heavy canoes.

Nessmuk, who was 1.60 m tall and 47 kg, had a 2.7 m long, 4.8 kg solo canoe. He named it the Sairy Gamp (the name of a Dickens character) and in it he completed a 428 km journey through the central Adirondacks. He was 62 years old and in frail health (tuberculosis and asthma) at the time.

Excerpt: "Woodcraft" is dedicated to the Grand Army of "Outers," as a pocket volume of reference on woodcraft. For brick and mortar breed filth and crime, with a pulse of evil that throbs and beats; and men are withered before their prime by the curse paved in with the lanes and streets. And lungs are poisoned and shoulders bowed, in the smothering reek of mill and mine; and death stalks in on the struggling crowd - but he shuns the shadow of oak and pine.

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Classic!

I read this book a couple times a year. Never gets old. Timeless knowledge. Great read.

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so informative

just listen to it.. if you like the outdoors and fancy yourself a woodsmen of sorts.

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classic,still relevant

loved theis book. Listened to it 4_5 times now. If you're an outdoorsman or with to be this book is for you.

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awesome instruction

Its really great to learn from one of the greatest in bushcraft. highly recommend

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Old school information for the outdoorsman

Not to bad. it's still got some viable information. The firecraft is always good knowledge!

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I have been looking for this volume

For those of us that frequent the woods now this is an educational and entertaining listen. I had been searching for an audio version of this tome for sometime now. Thank You!!! PURE ENJOYMENT to listen to!!!

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we handicap ourselves with loads fit for a pack mu

loved this book
it was a combination of education and pure poetry it encouraged me to get the written copy