Half handbook, half storybook: Ellis teaches making camp, fire without matches, pure water, camp cooking, bows and arrows, signs and signals, knots and the stars, then tells the lives of famous frontiersmen and Native leaders, from Daniel Boone, Kit Carson and Custer to Pontiac, Tecumseh, Black Hawk and Sitting Bull.
A period piece for young outdoorsmen; its frontier history reflects the attitudes of 1912. Download the free EPUB.