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 Travel
& Gear It may be necessary to travel through unknown country,
and this, without map, compass or any equipment. Under some
conditions the traveller may have been totally unprepared and on
his ability to travel and arrive may depend his ultimate survival.
In this book a little known or used ability of the eyes to
stereoscope aerial or other pairs of photographs, and view the
subject in true three dimensions, unaided by any optical equipment,
has been included. Under some conditions this knowledge may be
useful. Apart from this, the exercise itself is a valuable and
exiting experience in the use of the eyes. There are many
suggestions in this book that will provide real opportunities for
adventure, which could be simply doing ordinary things differently.
Travel and gear is of necessity directly associated with the
Handbook titled Time and Direction.
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