Chapters (470)
- Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
- Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
- 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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