MOTHER'S ARMCHAIR GUIDE TO HOMESPUN OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT IDEAS

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March/April 1984
 
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Make Your Own Backpack and other wilderness campgear (Ohio University Press, 1981) by Hugh Nelson. This one is also in large format, paperback, and runs to 131 pages. Make Your Own is illustrated with how-to drawings, and features photos of the completed projects. The book includes instructions for 17 projects, plus sections on tools, techniques, suppliers, kit-makers (this section is, unfortunately, now out of date), and more. You can order it by mail from The Ohio University Press, Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box 1640, Hagerstown, Maryland 21741 . . . for the cover price of $8.95, plus $1.50 postage and handling for the first book, and 25 ¢ for each additional copy (Ohio and Missouri residents, include state sales tax). Or, if you use one of those little plastic money cards, you can order by phone, toll free, by calling 800/638-3030.

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While Taking Care of Outdoor Gear (Stackpole Books, 1983) doesn't tell you how to make your own accoutrements, it nonetheless definitely belongs on this list. The reason is obvious: One of the best ways to avoid having to make, buy, or otherwise procure new outdoor gear is to take proper care of what you already have, thus extending its useful life. And Taking Care goes beyond what its title implies, also offering its readers sound advice on choosing and using equipment wisely. It's brand new, darned good, and suffers only one minor shortcoming . . . it's rather sparsely illustrated. Taking Care of Outdoor Gear was packaged by the editors at Stackpole Books (Dept. TMEN, Cameron and Kelker Streets, P.O. Box 1831, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105), with help from various equipment specialists.

Ranging from air mattresses to wool, the book discusses 53 items dear to the outdoorsperson's heart. Taking Care has 310 pages (in 6" X 9" format), and is available from the address given above for $9.95 in paperback, or $14.95 hardcover (plus 86 ¢ postage and handling per book).

Or, you can order this one from Mother's Bookshelf ® (105 Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791) for $9.95 in paperback, plus $1.25 shipping and handling.

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