by Daniel C. Beard. Softbound, 428 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Written by the founder of Boy Scouting in America, this book introduces young people to the pleasures and challenges of camping. In it, the author suggests any number of projects, plans, and schemes to entertain those whose travels take them into the open fields and forests. Build kites and birdhouses, learn how to pack a horse, make clothes and moccasins, camp cooking and much more. Directions are clear and the diagrams are simple. Projects that are not only fun to do, but actually work.