The Outdoor Book For Adventurous Boys is a fun, retro mixture of useful outdoor skills, recreational activities, and "forbidden knowledge

Forbidden knowledge

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" that will be enjoyable for children while reminding adults of a simpler time.

The book has more than 70 entries on the great outdoors, survival techniques

Survival skills

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, games, and cunning inventions. It includes a mixture of useful outdoor skills, fun activities, and hidden knowledge. This book aims to be a guide for teaching kids about the world away from MySpace

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, text messaging

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, and reality television

Reality television

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.

Highlights

The book teaches how to:

• Escape a bear attack
• Make a rope swing
• Build an igloo with your bare hands
• Track wild animals
• Start a fire without matches
• Escape from quicksand

The Outdoor Book For Adventurous Boys featurins two-color "retro

Retro

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" illustrations to complement its fun and fact-filled approach. It is written to appeal to boys and girls and parents and grandparents who want to pass on their love of the outdoors.

Chapters

Introduction The Great Outdoors What to Wear for an Outdoor Adventure How to Predict the Weather Star Spotting Riding Your Bike Off-Road Building a Treehouse Treehouse A treehouse, tree house, or treefort is a habitable structure built in trees. "Treehouse" may also refer to:*Tree House, Crawley, a listed 14th-century building in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom; originally the manor house.... How to Make a Rope Swing Making Camp Putting Up Your Tent Camp Furniture Building and Cooking on a Campfire Campfire Songs Campfire Songs Campfire songs are songs sung around a campfire. This may also refer to:* Campfire Songs, the third album released by Animal Collective*"A Campfire Song", a song by 10,000 Maniacs from their 1987 album In My Tribe... Stories Around the Camp Fire Exploring Tidepools How to Use a Snorkel and Flippers How to Paddle a Kayak How to Use Binoculars Fun and Games Finding Fossils How to Skip Stones Rock Climbing Rock Climbing Rock climbing also lightly called 'The Gravity Game', is a sport in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls. The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling... How to Ski How to Skate Puddle Curling Snow and Ice Sculpture Sailing a Sailboat How to Surf Building a Mega-Sandcastle How to Play Dodgeball Dodgeball Dodgeball is any of a variety of games in which players try to hit other players on the opposing team with balls while avoiding being hit themselves. This article is about a well-known form of team sport with modified rules that is often played in physical education classes and has been featured... Capture the Flag Throwing and Catching a Boomerang Boomerang A boomerang is a flying tool with a curved shape used as a weapon or for sport.-Description:A boomerang is usually thought of as a wooden device, although historically boomerang-like devices have also been made from bones. Modern boomerangs used for sport are often made from carbon fibre-reinforced... Making a Kite Beach-Towel Volleyball Wilderness Survival Assembling a Survival Kit Find Your Way with a Map and Compass Crossing a River How Thick is the Ice? Facing Up to a Charging Bull How to Avoid Being Struck by Lightning Hitches and Lashings-Some Useful Knots How to Make a Whistle

Collecting and Purifying Water Making a Stretcher How to Make a Slingshot Make a Bow and Arrow Tracking Secret Signs and Messages Traps and Snares How to Catch a Rabbit in a Hole The Ojibwa Ojibwa The Ojibwe or Chippewa are among the largest groups of Native Americans–First Nations north of Mexico. They are divided between Canada and the United States. In Canada, they are the third-largest population among First Nations, surpassed only by Cree and Inuit...  Bird Pole How to Fish How to Catch Crabs by Handline How to Tickle a Trout How to Gut and Clean a Fish Clever Inventions Make a Tin-Can Telephone Make a Water-Powered Rocket Build a Glider Build Your Own Go-Kart Make an Exploding Popsicle Stick Frisbee Make a Water Bomb Make a Popgun Make a Rubber-Band-Powered Boat Make a Hot-Air Balloon Make Your Own Windmill Make a Sled Extreme Survival Light a Fire without Matches Make a Birch Bark Torch Pit Cooking Make a Spoon Make a Flint Knife Build a Bivouac Bivouac shelter A bivouac traditionally refers to a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire or such a site where a camp may be built. It is also commonly used to describe a variety of improvised camp sites such as those used in scouting and... Build an Igloo Construct a Log Raft Evasion and Camouflage Camouflage Camouflage is a method of concealment that allows an otherwise visible animal, military vehicle, or other object to remain unnoticed, by blending with its environment. Examples include a leopard's spotted coat, the battledress of a modern soldier and a leaf-mimic butterfly... Sea Survival Escape from Quicksand What to Do if You're Caught in an Avalanche Poisonous Snakes Venomous snake "Poisonous snake" redirects here. For true poisonous snakes, see Rhabdophis.Venomous snakes are snakes which have venom glands and specialized teeth for the injection of venom...  and How to Avoid Them Poisonous Insects and Spiders How to Wrestle a Crocodile Escaping a Bear Attack Resources Index

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External links

• Book information from the publisher's website