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Story telling at its best! A Tater Knob Almanac is set in a remote Alabama mountain community during the late 1940s and early '50s. Based on real people, real places and real adventures, these 68 heart-warming short stories are told through the eyes of three intrepid country boys and one just-as-gutsy girl. Through them, you'll meet a large and memorable supporting cast of other characters who spent much of their lives as patch farmers, trappers, fishermen, and ginseng diggers. With money and modern conveniences in short supply among their families, these four kids certainly had to work ...

Isaac: Trek to King’s Mountain is the story of a teenage boy for whom isolation, daily wilderness survival, and Indian raids were not history lessons in a dusty book or on an internet site. They were 14-year-old Isaac’s day-to-day life. Isaac Hunt was a product of living in a remote wilderness farm under constant Indian danger and threat of destruction by the British. His loyalty was not so much to a political cause, but to his family, and for a very good reason: His father had been recently murdered by the British.

December 1930: The United States is in the middle of a Great Depression and nowhere have the hard times hit more sever than remote, rural Tater Knob, Alabama. Trapper, hunter and small farmer I. A. “Buck” Rivers is riding out the hard times as a backwoods bachelor living a simple life, much as he did before the depression hit. Buck was more than pleased that December day when he got an unexpected letter from his best friend J.C. “Wart” McGee. Wart had suddenly disappeared a year and a half previously, without notice, to ride out the hard times as a train jumping hobo. As Buck and ...

Jerky is the oldest snack food in history, and it is still just as popular today as it was during our more primitive days. Making your own jerky is easy, fun and economical. J. Wayne Fears, author, explorer and outdoor cook, teaches readers of his new E-book – The Complete Book of Making Jerky at Home – how to become master jerky makers. This Amazon/Kindle book provides instruction and 24 recipes for making jerky from red meat, ground meat, fish, turkey and fruit. Readers will learn about the tools and seasonings needed to enjoy making their own jerky, meat safety guidelines and how to ...

At last! A little book about the legendary and just-as-valuable-today baker tent. Among other things, learn how it got its name; how to pitch the tent; how to store and take care of it; how to judge the tent's quality; and, very important, how to determine if a baker-style tent is right for you. All of this information is based on extensive real-world experience and written in easy-to-understand terms by a true expert on the subject: a legendary woodsman who has spent countless nights in baker tents. If you like camping with a campfire or are interested in traditional camping, this book is ...

Each day in the United States, over 2000 children get lost, some in malls, some in the woods. Most lost situations last only a few terrifying minutes until the child is found, others may take hours or days. The Center to Prevent Lost Children states that 7 out of 10 children will get lost at least once and that less than 9% of parents are prepared for a lost child situation. Parents and guardians of children, from toddlers to teen will learn: How to lost-proof children in any situation from a shopping mall to the wilderness and everything in between. How to create a plan that will lost-...