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Expert Advice for the Outdoor Adventurer Based on the Experience of a Civil War Soldier First published in 1877, just 12 years after the Civil War ended, John M. Gould's HOW TO CAMP OUT is at once a down to Earth guide to recreational camping and a must-have, "you are there" handbook of 19th Century American military methods, sure to please any fan of Civil War reenactment. From Boy Scouts seeking to "rough it" in the wilderness to contemporary wearers of the Blue or the Gray, HOW TO CAMP OUT is an indispensable addition to any well-stocked library of outdoor adventure. "At some point in his boy-life, everybody who has the true boy-spirit years to go on a tramp -or, as the newspapers say, to 'undertake a pedestrian excursion.' The free, airy, changeful life, with its risks, its joys, and its hardships, has a wonderful charm. If wisely set about, it will bring rest, health, good temper, and a wider mental outlook, and teach one the luxury of doing for one's self and standing alone….The first thing to be done in planning a gypsy trip is to choose the kind of country and the season you can enjoy most….The very best thing to be done is to study Mr. Gould's new book, 'How to Camp Out.' This will give you all the hints, advice and caution you are likely to need." -John H. Peel, Saint Nicholas, Volume 4, 1877 "A very useful little book….It is the work of one who is able to speak with the authority derived from personal experience, and contains full and eminently practical instructions on the conditions of pedestrian travel, on the outfit of large and small parties, on clothing, cooking and cooking-utensils, marching, the location of the camp, the erection and arrangement of the tent, diet, and the precautions and remedies for certain disasters to which the camper-out is especially liable….Mr. Gould has here answered not only every such question, but many more that would only occur to one who has studied both the art and science of the subject." -Appletons' Journal: A Magazine of General Literature, Volume 3, 1877 Contents I. Getting Ready II. Small Parties travelling afoot and camping III. Large Parties afoot with Baggage-Wagon IV. Clothing V. Stoves and Cooking-Utensils VI. Cooking VII. Marching VIII. The Camp IX. Tents, Tent Poles and Pins X. Miscellaneous.--General Advice XI. Diary XII. "How to do it," by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, &c. XIII. Hygienic Notes, by Dr. Elliott Coues, U.S.A.