A compendium of information relevant to the Boy Scouts. It contains information on hiking, first aid, packing food and even things on geology and botany. I used to read this book all the time when I went camping and stuff. It still holds up and is a marvelous book. It doesn't go into much depth with each thing it covers, but I don't know what you expect from a book that is only 630 pages long or so.

Going back to what I said about reading it all the time, the cover is so damaged in my copy that I had to duct tape the spine, so I might be a little biased. I don't even remember when I bought it, but I do know I had it when I was a Boy Scout and that was sometime in the 1990s so... ( )

Wow, did I spend a lot of time reading this book and planning adventures..in 1973. ( )

Everything one needs to know about outdoor living and survival.