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Books in the Camping genre:

Bevis: The Story of a Boy (1882)

Two English boys camp out on an island in a pond. This first edition was also published in green cloth. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1, and Volume 2, and Volume 3.... View More

Author(s): Richard Jefferies
Illustrator(s): None

Wild Animals I Have Known (1898)

Eight animal histories taken from life. The author’s purpose was to attempt to persuade the reader that wild things are worth preserving. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Walter Crane's Picture Book Comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet and the Baby's Own Aesop (1900)

A large format reprint of Triplets containing The Baby’s Opera, The Baby’s Bouquet and The Baby’s Own Æsop. It was limited to 750 copies.... View More

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

A Woman Tenderfoot (1900)

A young woman goes camping in the mountain West. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

First Across the Continent (1901)

The first popular account of the Lewis and Clark expedition from 1804 to 1806.

Author(s): Noah Brooks
Illustrator(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
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The Birchbark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians (1902)

This manual for the organization of an Indian tribe was first published in 1902. It was instrumental in the later founding of the Boy Scouts of America and was reprinted many times, at least into the 1930’s. The cover above is for the sixth edi... View More

Author(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Seton Thompson

How to Play Indian (1903)

This pamphlet was reprinted from Ladies’ Home Journal. It was the first instruction for the new Woodcraft Indians. Read for free online at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

The Red Book, or How to Play Indian (1904)

This is the second edition of the handbook that started the Woodcraft Indians.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Four In Camp (1905)

The story of four boys at summer camp in the White Mountains.

Author(s): Ralph Henry Barbour
Illustrator(s): Charles M. Relyea

Camp and Trail (1907)

A book for both novice and experienced campers and hikers.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Stewart Edward White
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

A Book of Discoveries (1910)

Mac and Robin spend the summer holidays mainly messing about in boats. READ NOW.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne

Boy Scouts of America: Official Handbook (1910)

The ‘Original” edition of the Boy Scouts of America Handbook was written by E. T. Seton, using some of the material from R. Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys. Read for free online at the E. T. Seton Institute.... View More

The War Dance and the Fire-Fly Dance (1910)

A pamphlet for use by the Woodcraft Indians.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): None

Rolf in the Woods (1911)

The story of a friendship between a white boy and an Indian in New York around the time of the War of 1812. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

The Arctic Prairies (1912)

The true story of Ernest Thompson Seton’s 2000-mile, six-month canoe journey across northern Canada in 1907 in search of caribou. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

The Book of Woodcraft (1912)

A comprehensive guide to woodcraft by one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

The Red Lodge (1912)

Limited edition set of bylaws for an adult version of the Woodcraft Indians.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Camping on the Great Lakes (1913)

A story of boys boating and camping on the Great Lakes. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Raymond S. Spears
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Tad Sheldon, Boy Scout (1913)

Early boy scout adventures along Yaquina Bay in Oregon where the troop patrols for mariners in distress.

Author(s): John Fleming Wilson
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Manual of the Woodcraft Indians The Fourteenth Birch Bark Roll (1915)

This is a handbook for starting and running an Indian tribe. This was one of the precursors of the Scouting movement, and includes ‘merit badges.’ First published in 1902, this is the fourteenth edition. Read for free online at HathiTrust... View More

Author(s): Ernest Seton Thompson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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