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Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties: And How to Make Them [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 264 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 191x133x23 mm, kaal: 218 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-Feb-2011
  • Kirjastus: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1616081341
  • ISBN-13: 9781616081348
Teised raamatud teemal:
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 264 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 191x133x23 mm, kaal: 218 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 24-Feb-2011
  • Kirjastus: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1616081341
  • ISBN-13: 9781616081348
Teised raamatud teemal:
Here is the original 19th century manual that helped pioneering Americans homestead a continentwith detailed instructions on how to build birch bark or tar paper shacks, a sawed-lumber shanty, a sod house, log cabins and much more.

Whether you are a student of history, a screenwriter looking for authentic details or a modern homesteader looking for authentic advice on how to build the way our grandparents did, then D.C. Beards manual is just what youre looking for. It includes information on:



How to use an axe How to split logs How to flatten a log How to build a Navajo Hogan How to cut and notch logs How to build a notched ladder How to make cabin doors and door-latches. The American log cabin A Fishermans cabin And much, much more.



Go back to basics with this classic of American ingenuity!
I Where To Find Mountain Goose. How To Pick And Use Its Feathers 1(6)
II The Half-Cave Shelter. 7(4)
III How To Make The Fallen-Tree Shelter And The Scout-Master 11(4)
IV How To Make The Adirondack, The Wick-Up, The Bark Teepee, The Pioneer, And The Scout 15(3)
V How To Make Beaver-Mat Huts, Or Fagot Shacks, Without Injury To The Trees 18(4)
VI Indian Shacks And Shelters 22(5)
VII Birch Bark Or Tar Paper Shack 27(4)
VIII Indian Communal Houses 31(5)
IX Bark And Tar Paper 36(3)
X A Sawed-Lumber Shanty 39(8)
XI A Sod House For The Lawn 47(5)
XII How To Build Elevated Shacks, Shanties, And Shelters 52(2)
XIII The Boo Ken 54(8)
XIV Over-Water Camps 62(3)
XV Signal-Tower, Game Lookout, And Rustic Observatory 65(7)
XVI Tree-Top Houses 72(5)
XVII Caches 77(6)
XVIII How To Use An Axe 83(4)
XIX How To Split Logs, Make Shakes, Splits, Or Clapboards. How To Chop A Log In Half. How To Flatten A Log. Also Some Don'ts 87(5)
XX Axemen's Camps 92(4)
XXI Railroad-Tie Shacks, Barrel Shacks, And Chimehuevis 96(4)
XXII The Barabara 100(4)
XXIII The Navajo Hogan, Hornaday Dugout, And Sod House 104(3)
XXIV How To Build An American Boy's Hogan 107(8)
XXV How To Cut And Notch Logs 115(4)
XXVI Notched Log Ladders 119(3)
XXVII A Pole House. How To Use A Crosscut Saw And A Froe 122(4)
XXVIII Log-Rolling And Other Building Stunts 126(3)
XXIX The Adirondack Open Log Camp And A One-Room Cabin 129(3)
XXX The Northland Tilt And Indian Log Tent 132(3)
XXXI How To Build The Red Jacket, The New Brunswick, And The Christopher Gist 135(4)
XXXII Cabin Doors And Door-Latches, Thumb-Latches And Foot Latches And How To Make Them 139(6)
XXXIII Secret Locks 145(6)
XXXIV How To Make The Bow-Arrow Cabin Door And Latch And The Deming Twin Bolts, Hall, And Billy 151(4)
XXXV The Aures Lock Latch 155(6)
XXXVI The American Log Cabin 161(8)
XXXVII A Hunter's Or Fisherman's Cabin 169(2)
XXXVIII How To Make A Wyoming Olebo, A Hoko River Olebo, A Shake Cabin, A Canadian Mossback, And A Two-Pen Or Southern Saddle-Bag House 171(6)
XXXIX Native Names For The Parts Of A Kanuck Log Cabin, And How To Build One 177(6)
XL How To Make A Pole House And How To Make A Unique But Thoroughly American Totem Log House 183(8)
XLI How To Build A Susitna Log Cabin And How To Cut Trees For The End Plates 191(4)
XLII How To Make A Fireplace And Chimney For A Simple Log Cabin 195(5)
XLIII Hearthstones And Fireplaces 200(3)
XLIV More Hearths And Fireplaces 203(3)
XLV Fireplaces And The Art Of Tending The Fire 206(5)
XLVI The Building Of The Log House 211(7)
XLVII How To Lay A Tar Paper, Birch Bark, Or Patent Roofing 218(12)
XLVIII How To Make A Concealed Log Cabin Inside Of A Modern House 230(7)
XLIX How To Build Appropriate Gateways For Grounds Enclosing Log Houses, Game Preserves, Ranches, Big Country Estates, And Last But Not Least Boy Scours' Camp Grounds 237
Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941) was an author, illustrator, and founder of two societies for boys—the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905 and the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. He authored and illustrated more than twenty books, including The American Boys Handy Book.