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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

I need to find this book.  Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

B

> > > Woodcraft and Camping By Nessmuk
> > Nessmuk was the pen name for George Sea and is a fascinating
> > person. He was a very small person at just over 5 feet and 100
> > pounds and often in poor health.  He died in 1890 at 69.  He was an
> > adventurer hunting and camping all over the east and later writing
> > for Forest and Stream as Nessmuk.  He pushed ultra light camping at
> > a time when camping gear was a gun, knife, wool blankets, canvas
> > tents and cast iron cooking pots. His ultra light canoe Sairy Gamp
> > was built by Ruxton and was a marvel of ultra light construction
> > before fiberglass.
> > >
> > I find Nessmuk's writings great reading.  There was a recent book
> > about a woman who retraced some of Sears journey in her own 
> > lightweight canoe, Fairly Damp.

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