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Book SynopsisExcellence and care guide every quiet step Mark Warren makes; to follow him teaches unique, wonderful truths about one's connection to the Earth and its inhabitants. Rhyse Bendell, Medicine Bow summer camper and studentMark leads the modern reader along the almost forgotten paths of wood lore, natural medicine, and self-sufficiency. Emily Ghiz, baker and Montessori teacherIn this third volume of the Secrets of the Forest series, outdoor educator Mark Warren opens the door to experiences with wildlife such as: how to stalk animals of the wild without being detected by their keen senses. This discipline addresses posture, clothing, diet, de-scenting, and soft-walking, the ultra-slow-motion technique that falls below the radar of wildlife's peripheral vision. how to read individual tracks and multiple gaits of specific animal species. how to convert animal skins into rawhide and leather for crafts and clothing. how to differentiate species of snakes and, in the process, demysti