outdoor life

Describes canoes and ways to get started in this outdoor sport. Includes information on where to canoe, portaging, equipment needed, and how to stay safe in the water.

Describes where to camp and ways to have fun. Includes information on tents, RVs or motor homes, avoiding wild animals, and campfire safety.

Discusses such animal- and nature-related careers as animal trainer, arborist, land surveyor, and zoologist, and discusses how to determine which career might be suitable and how to prepare for it.

If you had to make your own shelter, could you? Could you create an oven or a refrigerator that doesn't use electricity? When it comes to learning how to rough it, this book is all anyone needs. Fun, inventive, and simple projects, explained in simple steps and photo-illustrated, will captivate the most reluctant of readers.

Reveals more than 850 tips for forecasting and tracking to understand nature, and what the land, sun, moon, stars, plants, animals, and clouds can reveal.

During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters a hostile old mountain woman.

Do you know what to do if a cougar is following you, or what berries are safe to eat? Sharpen your wilderness survival skills and become prepared for anything with this book for young readers.

Original title: Living off the country. Shows how to find food, water, warmth, and shelter when lost or stranded.