by Monte Burch. Softbound, 245 pages, 6" x 9". A complete guide to working with pelts, fur and leather, a skill that may be mysterious to some; and written by an authority who practices many of the ancient traditions of tanning and hiding. Starting at the beginning, the author introduces the hunter to the tools of a tanner, and even gives complete plans for making many of these implements. Instructions are given for making fleshing beams, stretchers for pelts, fleshing knives, and many others. He also covers tanning formulas and materials, both traditional and modern. Other topics include skinning, stretching and drying pelts, tanning pelts, making buckskin, tanning domestic hides, skinning and tanning reptiles and birds.