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Book SynopsisForest Life collects George Washington Sears'' timeless writing about the joys of exploring the wilderness, edited for a modern audience. In text both practical and inspirational, Sears'' provides enduring wisdom about trips into the woods and lakes, including equipment, campfires, fishing, camp cooking, traveling light, and canoes.
The original forest bather, Sears wanted others to enjoy the woods as he did. His published Woodcraft in 1884 to help prepare skillful, self-reliant woodsman and to extol the restorative power of nature, writing There are men who, on finding themselves alone in a pathless forest, become appalled, almost panic stricken. . . And there be some who plunge into an unbroken forest with a feeling of fresh, free, invigorating delight, as they might dash into a crisp ocean surf on a hot day. In addition to Woodcraft, Forest Life contains many of his articles from Forest and Stream, as well as his nature poetry.
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