THE FREEDOM WAY
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CABIN BUILDING: The U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, will send you on request a catalog of
Government publications, several of which pertain to
building cabins and other subjects of interest to simple
livers. Many of these publications are free; others cost a
few cents each. All are valuable to you.
RELATED CONTENT
Ask your local library for books on cabin building and
other phases of homesteading. There is a fairly large
literature on the subject, and a few weeks of reading will
make you expert in knowledge - only a few months actual
work will make you expert in actual construction! But get
the theory first.
The publishers of POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE (New York) have
several excellent manuals on home building and repairing.
They cost $1 apiece. This magazine and POPULAR MECHANICS
(Chicago) are filled each month with practical howto-do-it
articles which it would pay you to read.
CAMPING KNOWLEDGE: If you've never done much outdoor
lisving, you had better read a book or two in the subject.
Although fairly old, no other book gives you more
background knowledge than Horace Kephart's CAMPING AND
WOODCRAFT (The MacMillan Co., New York). This is a
two-volume work and is a monument to Horace Kephart, who,
incidentally, did exactly the thing you are contemplating -
left it all behind and went to live the simple life. He was
43 at the time, librarian of the Mercantile Library, and
apparently in a rut for life. But he bucked his way out,
took a few hundred dollars, and hiked to the Big Smoky
country in North Carolina. Here, living alone in a deserted
cabin, he found a wonderful life. He likewise found a
satisfying career as writer, friend of the natives,
champion of conservation, and father of the Big Smoky
National Park.
The library will get you other books on camping, but start
with Kephart's; he's one of your kind.
FISHING AND HUNTING: A large literature exists on this
subject, too, and you will find hours of interesting
reading in it. Any manual on fishing in the vicinity of
where you are to live will be invaluable; the same about a
book on hunting. One of the most thorough and workable
books on fishing is called FRESH WATER FISHING, by Arthur
H. Carhart, published by A.S. Barnes Co., New York. It
costs $5 but is well worth the price because it tells
everything.
If you plan to do some trapping write to FUR-FISH-GAME in
Columbus, Ohio, for a list of the trapping manuals
published by that firm. These are inexpensive, around $1
usually, but cover a world of practical experience.
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