Forest Life collects George Washington Sears' timeless writing
about the joys of exploring the wilderness, edited for a modern
audience. In text both practical and inspirational, Sears' provides
enduring wisdom about trips into the woods and lakes, including
equipment, campfires, fishing, camp cooking, traveling light, and
canoes. The original "forest bather," Sears wanted others to enjoy
the woods as he did. His published Woodcraft in 1884 to help
prepare skillful, self-reliant woodsman and to extol the
restorative power of nature, writing "There are men who, on finding
themselves alone in a pathless forest, become appalled, almost
panic stricken. . . And there be some who plunge into an unbroken
forest with a feeling of fresh, free, invigorating delight, as they
might dash into a crisp ocean surf on a hot day." In addition to
Woodcraft, Forest Life contains many of his articles from Forest
and Stream, as well as his nature poetry. Sears is especially
eloquent about canoeing, which he helped popularize with published
tales of his adventures. In 1883, when he was 61 years old and
suffering from tuberculosis, he used a 9-foot, 10-1/2 pound canoe
to travel 266 miles through the Adirondacks, writing, "The easy,
gentle rocking of the canoe was the best incentive to drowsiness I
ever found, and by night or day was nearly certain to send me into
dreamland. A score of times I have gone to sleep drifting on deep,
wide water, to be awakened by the pressing and bumping of the
little craft among the dead balsams and spruces that make [up] half
the shorelines of all the lakes in the North Woods." This two-color
gift book, illustrated with period etchings of scenes, people,
flora, and fauna of the Adirondacks, is the perfect gift book for
the outdoor enthusiast. This handsome, affordable collection will
be especially appealing to the millions who canoe, camp, and fish.
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