The Boy Camper : 160 Outdoor Projects and Activities

Remember those great summer camping trips from your childhood - the magical ones where you cooked a meal over an open fire?

This collection of outdoor activities from long ago pays tribute to an age when every kid knew how to bait a hook. And there's plenty in these vintage pages that children of all ages will still find worth learning...and lots of fun.

It includes camping and fishing ideas; gadgets, projects, and appliances to construct; advice for making the most of your time on the water; all the basics of creating a temporary or permanent camp structure; and fundamental skills such as archery.

Everybody, from little boys to fathers and grandfathers and females too, will find a panorama of entertaining possibilities here.