Most Popular Books by Daniel Carter Beard

The author enthusiastically details construction and operation dos and don''ts for everything from simple rafts and birch-bark canoes to a small sailboat and a speedy motor-boat. Perfect for beginners with minimal skills in the art of boat-building and a valuable guide to Scouts, campers, and outdoors enthusiasts. 238 illustrations.

For Dan Beard, founder of the American Scouting movement, every scout worth his merit badge was expected to read this book, which includes instructions on how to build a fire, cook venison, prepare for a camping trip, use an axe and a saw, and more.

Each summer, millions of children complain, "There''s nothing to do." Originally published in 1888, The American Boy''s Handy Book resoundingly challenges this age-old dilemma by providing a huge number of ideas for fun and instructional projects for young boys. Everything from camping and kite building to raising dogs and building boats is detailed for the would-be adventurer and do-it your-selfer.

Practical hints, drawings and descriptions showing how to build suitable shelters for temporary or permanent camps, for a juvenile audience.

Autobiography of the founder of the Boy Scouts. Includes stories of famous people, among them Mark Twain.

"A book of animals...made up of the Author''s personal notes and sketches made in the fields and forest for his own amusement" as well as "a few short camp-fire stories and legends."--p. i.

"New Ideas for American Boys" by Daniel Carter Beard is a sports and amusement book for boys. According to the author''s knowledge and belief, there is not a thing described in this book that has not been proved practical by the experiments of himself or some boy[vi] or boys. It is the object of the author, in the chapters devoted to animal life, to teach the boys to look upon all animals with the same thoughtful kindness with which they might view their own undeveloped brothers. Excerpt: "Bird''s-Nests in Washington''s Coat. All boys know that Washington loved his country, but few know that he was a bird-fancier. That the father of our country loved the native birds is attested by the fact that they built nests in the wooden wrinkles of his sleeves and in the hollow ends of the roll of parchment which he held in his hand. His favorite bird was the red-headed woodpecker. He had it on the brain, and although each year a brood of little red-headed birds were hatched in his head, the dear old patriot never made a wry face, but with a benign smile he gazed over the roof of the livery stable across the street."

The sporty sequel to the bestselling The American Boy''s Handy...

Written by the author of The American Boy''s Handy Book, this work features a year''s worth of outdoor activities and projects. It centres mainly on camping, camp craft and making do in the outdoors.

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Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850 - June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).