Woodcraft may be defined as the art of finding one's way in the wilderness and getting along well by utilizing Nature's storehouse ...

... half of woodcraft, as of any other art, is in knowing what to avoid.

—Horace Kephart, Camping and Woodcraft



Horace Kephart


Author of Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a colorful character and a renowned naturalist, woodsman, and author. A Yale graduate, he gave up a career as a librarian and in 1904 moved to western North Carolina to engage in outdoor pursuits and to study the region.

His book, Camping and Woodcraft was first published in 1906 and remains in print today.




Photo Courtesy of Richard Weisser and smokyphotos.com


For a fine history of Horace Kephart titled "The Strange Life and
Times of Horace Kephart in the Smoky Mountains
".
http://www.appalachianlife.com/kephart.html



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