THE BOOKS OF BUCKSKINNING

STEP BACK IN TIME and learn how to relive the American frontier. First published in 1981, this BESTSELLER is the standard against which other frontier living history books are judged. Ten authors bring their expertise to the subjects of The Philosophy of Buckskinning, How to Get Started, Rendezvous & Shoots The Lodge, The Guns, The Clothing, Accoutrements & Equipment, The Skills, Women in Buckskinning and The Crafts. 208 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

IN-DEPTH INFORMATION on how to recreate life on the American frontier. Techniques, patterns and instructions for everyday work and living in the wilderness. Chapters include Why Buckskinners Create, Working with Leather, 18th Century Clothing, Horseback Travel, Design and Construction of Powder Horns, Fire making, Traveling Afoot & By Canoe, Making Camp Gear and Gun Tune-Up & Care. 264 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

SOLID BUCKSKINNING information written by the most knowledgeable people in the sport. Subjects include Historic Guns & Today's Makers, Quillworking, Trade Beads, 18th & l9th Century Cooking, The Hunting Pouch, Beadworking, Techniques for Making Footwear and Period Shelters. Also includes a special color section showing beadwork, quillwork, authentic frontier outfits and trade beads. 240 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

ENHANCE YOUR buckskinning lifestyle and skills with chapters on Traditional Blacksmithing, Blankets in Early America, From Raw Hides to Rawhide, Styles of the Southwest, Smoothbores on the Frontier, Trade Silver, Backwoods Knives, Lighting the Primitive Camp and Historic Sites & Museums. 260 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

FOCUS ON PRACTICAL frontier living skills with chapters on Fur Trade Indian Dresses, Old-Time Music & Instruments, Trade Goods for Rendezvous, Tipi Know-How, Engraving & Carving, Historic Sites & Museums II, Games, Sports & Other Amusements and Pack Saddles & Panniers. A special COLOR SECTION features the dress of fur trade Indian women and horseback photos. 260 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

CONTINUES THE TRADITION of first rate historical information and hands-on frontier craft skills. Chapters include The Traditional Hunting Pouch, Horse GearÑEast & West, Making a Wooden Bow, American Powder Horns, Frontier Trail Foods, Old-Time Shooting Matches, Period Trekking and Finger Weaving. COLOR SECTION features horseback trips, powder horns, hunting pouches and fingerwoven sashes. 226 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

FIRST-RATE HISTORICAL information and hands-on frontier craft skills. Chapters include Clothing of the Rocky Mountain Trapper, 1820- 1840; Indian-influenced Woodsmen of the Cane; Tools & Techniques of Bark Tanning; A Wardrobe for the Frontier Woman, 1780-1840; A Typical Day's Journey in Winter; Goods of the Trunk Maker & His Trade; Art & Writing on the Frontier and Great Lakes & Eastern Woodlands Knife Sheaths. COLOR SECTION features original art and artifacts plus reproductions. 260 pages, 8-1/2" X 11".

CONTINUING THE TRADITION with another book with first-rate historical information and hands-on frontier craft skills. Chapters include: Gear of the Rocky Mountain Trapper, Beaver Hunting, Wing Shooting with a Flintlock Shotgun, History of the Horse in the Fur Trade, 18th Century Tatooing, The History & Trade Ledgers of Fort Hall, Independent Women of America's Past, Beadwork in the American West before 1850, and The Evolution of the Cocked Hat. 8-1/2" X 11".