The Happy Camper: An Essential Guide to Life Outdoors Updated, Revise Edition Contributor(s): Callan, Kevin (Author) |
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ISBN: 1770850325 ISBN-13: 9781770850323 Publisher: Boston Mills Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Camping - Travel | Special Interest - Adventure |
Dewey: 796.5 |
LCCN: 2015430525 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.45 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Praise for the first edition: Comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to camping skills... displays the assurance and economy of a true woodsman, and applies humor as well. Its subtitle... is absolutely accurate.... This is a 'must' purchase for every Scout troop's and Venturer company's resource library. The Happy Camper is the essential guide to the great outdoors. Every page is packed with information on how to enjoy camping as the adventure it can be rather than a bug-infested endurance test. Kevin Callan, one of North America's top canoeing and outdoors experts, explains how to get the most from a camping trip no matter the location, the weather and the company. Kevin Callan has an enthusiasm for wilderness camping that experienced campers can relate to and novice campers will find contagious. In The Happy Camper he combines decades of wilderness experience with his trademark humor to create a comprehensive, heavily illustrated and highly entertaining compendium of basic wilderness instruction and campsite advice. The book shows step by step:
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Kevin Callan is his own camping school and The Happy Camper is the textbook. It's essential to planning a camping trip and a must for the backpack. |
Contributor Bio(s): Callan, Kevin: - by Kevin Callan |