"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 "Time & Direction" "The
measurement of time, and the obtaining of accurate direction (from
North) are not primitive skills. Of the two, direction is the more
recent development, although to the Polynesians it is older than
their awarness of time. Obtaining time and direction without
equipment is practical, and in general can be more accurate than
the average person's watch or compass. Both words, "time" and
"direction," are inter-related because if one has accurate time,
accurate direction is obtained in a matter of seconds, or if one
has accurate direction (from north) then accurate time is
immediately practical without a watch. The methods given in this
book have been proved in jungle and desert and are applicable
anywhere on the earth's surface. The subject of navigation has been
surrounded by many technical words, necessary to the science, but
in this work the author has attempted to simplify the whole
subject, and endeavoured to avoid words which would have no meaning
to the average reader."
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