Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties The Classic

Practical, hands-on guide by one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America contains a wealth of information and advice on how to build everything from a bark teepee and tree-top house to a log cabin and beaver mat hut. Over 332 illustrations and clear, easy-to-follow text make this an invaluable book.

Known as "Uncle Dan" to those who knew him well, Daniel Carter Beard (June 21, 1850-June 11, 1941) was a famed author, illustrator, and social champion. Inspired by the rugged traditions of the American frontier, Beard founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905. Five years later, he merged the organization with the newly formed Boy Scouts of America.

Foreword

v

Where to Find Mountain Goose. How to Pick and Use Its Feathers

1

(6)

The Half-Cave Shelter

7

(4)

How to Make the Fallen-Tree Shelter and the Scout-Master

11

(4)

How to Make the Adirondack, The Wick-Up, The Bark Teepee, The Pioneer, and the Scout

15

(3)

How to Make Beaver-Mat Huts, or Fagot Shacks, without Injury to the Trees

18

(4)

Indian Shacks and Shelters

22

(5)

Birch Bark or Tar Paper Shack

27

(4)

Indian Communal Houses

31

(5)

Bark and Tar Paper

36

(3)

A Sawed-Lumber Shanty

39

(8)

A Sod House for the Lawn

47

(5)

How to Build Elevated Shacks, Shanties, and Shelters

52

(2)

The Bog Ken

54

(8)

Over-Water Camps

62

(3)

Signal-Tower, Game Lookout, and Rustic Observatory

65

(7)

Tree-Top Houses

72

(5)

Caches

77

(6)

How to Use an Axe

83

(4)

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)

Axemen's Camps

92

(4)

Railroad-Tie Shacks, Barrel Shacks, and Chimehuevis

96

(4)

The Barabara

100

(4)

The Navajo Hogan, Hornaday Dug-out, and Sod House

104

(3)

How to Build an American Boy's Hogan

107

(8)

How to Cut and Notch Logs

115

(4)

Notched Log Ladders

119

(3)

A Pole House. How to Use a Cross-Cut Saw and a Froe

122

(4)

Log-Rolling and Other Building Stunts

126

(3)

The Adirondack Open Log Camp and a One-Room Cabin

129

(3)

The Northland Tilt and Indian Log Tent

132

(3)

How to Build The Red Jacket, The New Brunswick, and the Christopher Gist

135

(4)

Cabin Doors and Door-Latches, Thumb-Latches and Foot Latches and How to Make Them

139

(6)

Secret Locks

145

(6)

How to Make the Bow-Arrow Cabin Door and Latch and the Deming Twin Bolts, Hall, and Billy

151

(4)

The Aures Lock Latch

155

(6)

The American Log Cabin

161

(8)

A Hunter's or Fisherman's Cabin

169

(2)

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)

Native Names for the Parts of a Kanuck Log Cabin, and How to Build One

177

(6)

How to Make a Pole House and How to Make a Unique but Thoroughly American Totem Log House

183

(8)

How to Build a Susitna Log Cabin and How to Cut Trees for the End Plates

191

(4)

How to Make a Fireplace and Chimney for a Simple Log Cabin

195

(5)

Hearthstones and Fireplaces

200

(3)

More Hearths and Fireplaces

203

(3)

Fireplaces and the Art of Tending the Fire

206

(5)

The Building of the Log House

211

(7)

How to Lay a Tar Paper, Birch Bark, or Patent Roofing

218

(12)

How to Make a Concealed Log Cabin Inside of a Modern House

230

(7)

How to Build Appropriate Gateways for Grounds Enclosing Log Houses, Game Preserves, Ranches, Big Country Estates, and Last but not Least Boy Scouts' Camp Grounds

237

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Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties The Classic Guide to Building Wilderness Shelters

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