The Big Book of Country Living

In a single volume Ernest Thompson Seton, renowned naturalist, writer, artist, and founding leader of the Boy Scouts of America, presents one of the most comprehensive guides to the outdoors ever written. Originally published in 1922 as The Book of Woodcraft, this work represents the culmination of years of observation and experience in the wilderness. Within these pages lie instructions and anecdotes--some expected, some delightfully unanticipated--regarding literally hundreds of arts, crafts, skills, and games. Here one can learn to distinguish edible plants from poisonous ones
start a fire using only a jackknife
build a four-store birdhouse out of a wooden box
communicate in sign language
tie a variety of essential knots
identify trees, wildflowers, animals, birds, and constellations
and much, much more.