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Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties

By D. C. BEARD FOREWORD CONTENTS

Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties SHELTERS, SHACKS, AND SHANTIES

I WHERE TO FIND MOUNTAIN GOOSE. HOW TO PICK AND USE ITS FEATHERS

The Mountain Goose Sapin—Cho-kho-tung Balsam Balsam Beds Packing Boughs Clean Your Hands How to Make Beds Other Bedding

II THE HALF-CAVE SHELTER

Half Caves Walls

III HOW TO MAKE THE FALLEN-TREE SHELTER AND THE SCOUT-MASTER

Fallen-Tree Shelter The Scout-Master To Peel Bark Selecting Bark Using Bark

IV HOW TO MAKE THE ADIRONDACK, THE WICK-UP, THE BARK TEEPEE, THE PIONEER, AND THE SCOUT

The Adirondack The Scout The Pioneer Bark Teepee

V HOW TO MAKE BEAVER-MAT HUTS OR FAGOT SHACKS WITHOUT INJURY TO THE TREES

Material Beaver Mat Fagot Shack Roofs

VI INDIAN SHACKS AND SHELTERS

Apache Hogan San Carlos Shack Chippewa Shack Pima Lodge White Man's Walls Adobe Roof Navajo

VII BIRCH BARK OR TAR PAPER SHACK

The Pontiac Cutting Bark Building the Pontiac Shingling with Bark To Keep Out Cold

VIII INDIAN COMMUNAL HOUSES

The Pawnee Hogan The Kolshian

IX BARK AND TAR PAPER X A SAWED-LUMBER SHANTY

The Foundation Ridge Plank and Rafters

XI A SOD HOUSE FOR THE LAWN

A Real Adobe Thatch

XII HOW TO BUILD ELEVATED SHACKS, SHANTIES, AND SHELTERS XIII THE BOG KEN

Thatching

XIV OVER-WATER CAMPS XV SIGNAL-TOWER, GAME LOOKOUT, AND RUSTIC OBSERVATORY

Kite Frame Boy-Scout Tower

XVI TREE-TOP HOUSES XVII CACHES XVIII HOW TO USE AN AXE

Dangers

XIX HOW TO SPLIT LOGS, MAKE SHAKES, SPLITS, OR CLAPBOARDS. HOW TO CHOP A LOG IN HALF. HOW TO FLATTEN A LOG. ALSO SOME DON'TS XX AXEMEN'S CAMPS

The Stefansson Sod Shack

XXI RAILROAD-TIE SHACKS, BARREL SHACKS, AND CHIMEHUEVIS XXII THE BARABARA XXIII THE NAVAJO HOGAN, HORNADAY DUGOUT, AND SOD HOUSE

Log Dugout

XXIV HOW TO BUILD AN AMERICAN BOY'S HOGAN

Frame Furniture Foundation Caves Dangerous Caves Framing Decaying Wood The Roof Cliff-House Roof The Door Aures Hinge Trap-Door

XXV HOW TO CUT AND NOTCH LOGS

Notching Logs Handling the Logs Chinking Models

XXVI NOTCHED LOG LADDERS XXVII A POLE HOUSE. HOW TO USE A CROSS-CUT SAW AND A FROE

Pole House Sawing on an Angle The Froe

XXVIII LOG-ROLLING AND OTHER BUILDING STUNTS

Log-Rolling Log Steps

XXIX THE ADIRONDACK OPEN LOG CAMP AND A ONE-ROOM CABIN

Adirondack Log Camp Cabin Plan The Bunks

XXX THE NORTHLAND TILT AND INDIAN LOG TENT

Log Tents

CHAPTER XXXI HOW TO BUILD THE RED JACKET, THE NEW BRUNSWICK, AND THE CHRISTOPHER GIST

The New Brunswick Christopher Gist The Red Jacket

XXXII CABIN DOORS AND DOOR-LATCHES, THUMB-LATCHES AND FOOT LATCHES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM

Foot Latch Trigger Latch The Latch-String Simple Spring-Latch Better Spring-Latch

XXXIII SECRET LOCKS

The Tippecanoe The Catch

XXXIV HOW TO MAKE THE BOW-ARROW CABIN DOOR AND LATCH AND THE DEMING TWIN BOLTS, HALL, AND BILLY

The Deming Twin Lock Guards

XXXV THE AURES LOCK LATCH

The Door The Compass Lock

XXXVI THE AMERICAN LOG CABIN

American Log House One-Pen Cabin Sills Wood Preservative Creosote Openings Foundation Roofing Gables Steep Roof Chinking

XXXVII A HUNTER'S OR FISHERMAN'S CABIN XXXVIII HOW TO MAKE A WYOMING OLEBO, A HOKO RIVER OLEBO, A SHAKE CABIN, A CANADIAN MOSSBACK, AND A TWO-PEN OR SOUTHERN SADDLE-BAG HOUSE

The Wyoming Olebo Hoko River Olebo The Mossback Cabin Mossback The Southern Saddle-Bag or Two-Pen Cabin

XXXIX NATIVE NAMES FOR THE PARTS OF A KANUCK LOG CABIN, AND HOW TO BUILD ONE

Local Names of Parts of Cabin Les Traverses Les Poudres Couverture Les Péches Roofing Material Fireplace Clay Roof

XL HOW TO MAKE A POLE HOUSE AND HOW TO MAKE A UNIQUE BUT THOROUGHLY AMERICAN TOTEM LOG HOUSE

American Totem Log House Before Building Peeled Logs Totems Totem-Poles

XLI HOW TO BUILD A SUSITNA LOG CABIN AND HOW TO CUT TREES FOR THE END PLATES

How to Cut the Tree

XLII HOW TO MAKE A FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY FOR A SIMPLE LOG CABIN

Mud Hearth Stick Chimney Durability Chimney Foundation Stone Chimney

XLIII HEARTHSTONES AND FIREPLACES XLIV MORE HEARTHS AND FIREPLACES

A Plank Mantel

XLV FIREPLACES AND THE ART OF TENDING THE FIRE

Management of the Fire

XLVI THE BUILDING OF THE LOG HOUSE

How a Forty-Foot-Front, Two-Story Pioneer Log House Was Put Up with the Help of "Backwoods Farmers"—Making Plans with a Pocket Knife.

XLVII HOW TO LAY A TAR PAPER, BIRCH BARK, OR PATENT ROOFING

Preparing the Roofing for Laying Roofing Foundation Valleys How to Lay the Roofing Gutters How to Patch a Shingle Roof Fixtures for Applying Roofing Patched Roofs and New Shingles Mark the Holes Sheet-Iron Shingles Practical Patching Plumbing Flashings, Chimneys, Walls, Etc.

XLVIII HOW TO MAKE A CONCEALED LOG CABIN INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE

A Wooden Latch

XLIX HOW TO BUILD APPROPRIATE GATEWAYS FOR GROUNDS ENCLOSING LOG HOUSES, GAME PRESERVES, RANCHES, BIG COUNTRY ESTATES, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BOY SCOUTS' CAMP GROUNDS

Which Would You Rather Do or Go Fishing? THE BEARD BOOKS FOR BOYS

Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties Boat-Building and Boating The Boy Pioneers The Field and Forest Handy Book

THE BEARD BOOKS FOR BOYS

The Jack of All Trades The Outdoor Handy Book The American Boys Handy Book

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS

Handicraft and Recreation for Girls What a Girl Can Make and Do

THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS

The American Girl's Handy Book Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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