"The Bushcraft Handbooks" were first published in Australia in
1952. Based on the Author's wartime service in Australia and New
Guinea teaching "Junglecraft" to Australian and American forces,
they are distilled, concentrated old-time bushcraft knowledge,
presented in a very easy to assimilate format. For those who
remember them, the Bushcraft Handbooks are also a heavy hit of
nostalgia. Rather than publish all of the volumes under the one
cover, the Author originally chose to publish each aspect of
bushcraft in its own individual handbook. His rationale was that
the reader was more inclined to take a 50 page handbook with him
into the wilds than a 400 page book. The former can be easily
slipped into a pocket or daypack, while the latter cannot. The
Bushcraft Handbooks are useless unless the reader practices the
skills the books were designed to impart. The individual handbooks
format was chosen to support that end. Out of print for decades,
and in keeping with the Author's wishes, this series of Bushcraft
Handbooks are reproduced as close to their original format as
possible. The series comprises the following volumes: Bush
Ropemaking, Bush Hutmaking, Traps & Snares, Bush Campcraft,
Time & Direction, Travel & Gear, Food & Water in the
Bush, Firemaking & Lighting, Trapping & Tracks, Knots &
Lashings. From the introduction to "Bush Hutmaking" Little skill is
needed to make a comfortable, thatched, weatherproof hut using only
materials locally available. Such huts can be expected to have a
useful service life of 4 to 6 years without maintenance. With
maintenance, such as renewing lashings, and repairs to ridge
thatch, the life is anything up to 20 years. Where rammed earth is
used for walls, the life of the structure is indeterminate. Many
earth wall buildings have stood undamaged for hundreds of years.
The building of a thatched hut from local materials is a creative
exercise. Design must provide for the anticipated weather
conditions. Finding suitable materials almost anywhere presents no
problem, but considerable organisation may be required to collect
the material. For the actual structure and thatching, good teamwork
is required. The final hut, with its promise of long periods of
protection and shelter, is the result of combination of head work
and hands. With this comes the inward reward of having created a
weather-proof hut out of nothing except the natural materials
garnered from the surrounding area.
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