Beschreibung:

Lord, W.B. & Baines, Thomas
SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION;
[foreword by Frank R. Bradlow]
Published: Africana Book Society, Johannesburg, 1975
xvi, 734 pages: illustrations. (Africana Reprint Library; volume 3). Skivertex with gilding, dust wrapper. Originally published in 1876. A wide-ranging manual of instruction on the art of surviving in and enjoying the great outdoors in the nineteenth century. "An encyclopedia of practical living for the aspirant explorer of a hundred years ago." Front endflap. Baines' reputation as one of the most respected 19th-century travellers in southern Africa guarantees this work its status! This was a manual for how to survive when things got tough: how to live off the land, fish without equipment, cross rivers, shoot and overcome obstacles. "…we get an excellent insight into the character of Thomas Baines his boundless curiosity, his zest for living; his enjoyment of the unusual; his philosophic outlook." F.R Bradlow, foreword, page xiv. Jacket Condition: Fine Binding Condition: Fine Overall Condition: Fine Size: 21,5 x 14 cm