The Art of Forest Camping is an engaging read for long winter evenings. The author's enthusiasm for canoe trips, camping, fishing and enjoying the wilderness will have you looking forward to summer!
Woodcraft by Nessmuk is a classic 19th century guide to forest camping. The reader could learn from it how to sew a tent, build a shelter, make a campfire, bake bread or venison, catch fish, how to complete light equipment for a long hike, what kind of canoe boat to choose, how to make mosquito ointment, and what knife and axe to take into the woods.
In 1884, the New York-based Forest & Stream Publishing Company published the book, which immediately became a bestseller, received many revivals and is still published in English today.
Written in light, lively, humorous language, the guidebook has inspired people who love forest recreation for years. Thanks to the first Polish translation, we can see for ourselves how many of the camp's tips are still relevant, as well as note with amusement how similar the former campers were to us despite the distance, and how little human nature has changed despite the passage of years.
The Polish edition has been carefully translated to capture the spirit of the old reading, while making it accessible to the modern reader. It has been provided with a foreword, many explanatory footnotes and new illustrations that maintain the atmosphere of the old adventure books.
