Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties

About this eBook

Author

Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941

Title

Shelters, Shacks and Shanties

Credits

Produced by Christine and the booksmiths at www.eBookForge.net

Language

English

LoC Class

TH: Technology: Building construction

Subject

Wilderness survival

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28255

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28255

Release Date

March 5, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties — Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties — By
2. 2.D. C. BEARD
3. 3.FOREWORD
4. 4.CONTENTS — Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties — SHELTERS, SHACKS, AND SHANTIES
5. 5.WHERE TO FIND MOUNTAIN GOOSE. HOW TO PICK AND USE ITS FEATHERS — The Mountain Goose — Sapin—Cho-kho-tung — Balsam — Balsam Beds — Packing Boughs — Clean Your Hands — How to Make Beds — Other Bedding
6. 6.THE HALF-CAVE SHELTER — Half Caves — Walls
7. 7.HOW TO MAKE THE FALLEN-TREE SHELTER AND THE SCOUT-MASTER — Fallen-Tree Shelter — The Scout-Master — To Peel Bark — Selecting Bark — Using Bark
8. 8.HOW TO MAKE THE ADIRONDACK, THE WICK-UP, THE BARK TEEPEE, THE PIONEER, AND THE SCOUT — The Adirondack — The Scout — The Pioneer — Bark Teepee
9. 9.HOW TO MAKE BEAVER-MAT HUTS OR FAGOT SHACKS WITHOUT INJURY TO THE TREES — Material — Beaver Mat — Fagot Shack — Roofs
10. 10.INDIAN SHACKS AND SHELTERS — Apache Hogan — San Carlos Shack — Chippewa Shack — Pima Lodge — White Man's Walls — Adobe Roof — Navajo
11. 11.BIRCH BARK OR TAR PAPER SHACK — The Pontiac — Cutting Bark — Building the Pontiac — Shingling with Bark — To Keep Out Cold
12. 12.INDIAN COMMUNAL HOUSES — The Pawnee Hogan — The Kolshian
13. 13.BARK AND TAR PAPER
14. 14.A SAWED-LUMBER SHANTY — The Foundation — Ridge Plank and Rafters
15. 15.A SOD HOUSE FOR THE LAWN — A Real Adobe — Thatch
16. 16.HOW TO BUILD ELEVATED SHACKS, SHANTIES, AND SHELTERS
17. 17.THE BOG KEN — Thatching
18. 18.OVER-WATER CAMPS
19. 19.SIGNAL-TOWER, GAME LOOKOUT, AND RUSTIC OBSERVATORY — Kite Frame — Boy-Scout Tower
20. 20.TREE-TOP HOUSES
21. 21.CACHES
22. 22.HOW TO USE AN AXE — Dangers
23. 23.HOW TO SPLIT LOGS, MAKE SHAKES, SPLITS, OR CLAPBOARDS. HOW TO CHOP A LOG IN HALF. HOW TO FLATTEN A LOG. ALSO SOME DON'TS
24. 24.AXEMEN'S CAMPS — The Stefansson Sod Shack
25. 25.RAILROAD-TIE SHACKS, BARREL SHACKS, AND CHIMEHUEVIS
26. 26.THE BARABARA
27. 27.THE NAVAJO HOGAN, HORNADAY DUGOUT, AND SOD HOUSE — Log Dugout
28. 28.HOW TO BUILD AN AMERICAN BOY'S HOGAN — Frame — Furniture — Foundation — Caves — Dangerous Caves — Framing — Decaying Wood — The Roof — Cliff-House Roof — The Door — Aures Hinge — Trap-Door
29. 29.HOW TO CUT AND NOTCH LOGS — Notching Logs — Handling the Logs — Chinking — Models
30. 30.NOTCHED LOG LADDERS
31. 31.A POLE HOUSE. HOW TO USE A CROSS-CUT SAW AND A FROE — Pole House — Sawing on an Angle — The Froe
32. 32.LOG-ROLLING AND OTHER BUILDING STUNTS — Log-Rolling — Log Steps
33. 33.THE ADIRONDACK OPEN LOG CAMP AND A ONE-ROOM CABIN — Adirondack Log Camp — Cabin Plan — The Bunks
34. 34.THE NORTHLAND TILT AND INDIAN LOG TENT — Log Tents
35. 35.HOW TO BUILD THE RED JACKET, THE NEW BRUNSWICK, AND THE CHRISTOPHER GIST — The New Brunswick — Christopher Gist — The Red Jacket
36. 36.CABIN DOORS AND DOOR-LATCHES, THUMB-LATCHES AND FOOT LATCHES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM — Foot Latch — Trigger Latch — The Latch-String — Simple Spring-Latch — Better Spring-Latch
37. 37.SECRET LOCKS — The Tippecanoe — The Catch
38. 38.HOW TO MAKE THE BOW-ARROW CABIN DOOR AND LATCH AND THE DEMING TWIN BOLTS, HALL, AND BILLY — The Deming Twin Lock — Guards
39. 39.THE AURES LOCK LATCH — The Door — The Compass Lock
40. 40.THE AMERICAN LOG CABIN — American Log House — One-Pen Cabin — Sills — Wood Preservative — Creosote — Openings — Foundation — Roofing — Gables — Steep Roof — Chinking
41. 41.A HUNTER'S OR FISHERMAN'S CABIN
42. 42.HOW TO MAKE A WYOMING OLEBO, A HOKO RIVER OLEBO, A SHAKE CABIN, A CANADIAN MOSSBACK, AND A TWO-PEN OR SOUTHERN SADDLE-BAG HOUSE — The Wyoming Olebo — Hoko River Olebo — The Mossback Cabin — Mossback — The Southern Saddle-Bag or Two-Pen Cabin
43. 43.NATIVE NAMES FOR THE PARTS OF A KANUCK LOG CABIN, AND HOW TO BUILD ONE — Local Names of Parts of Cabin — Les Traverses — Les Poudres — Couverture — Les Péches — Roofing Material — Fireplace — Clay Roof
44. 44.HOW TO MAKE A POLE HOUSE AND HOW TO MAKE A UNIQUE BUT THOROUGHLY AMERICAN TOTEM LOG HOUSE — American Totem Log House — Before Building — Peeled Logs — Totems — Totem-Poles
45. 45.HOW TO BUILD A SUSITNA LOG CABIN AND HOW TO CUT TREES FOR THE END PLATES — How to Cut the Tree
46. 46.HOW TO MAKE A FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY FOR A SIMPLE LOG CABIN — Mud Hearth — Stick Chimney — Durability — Chimney Foundation — Stone Chimney
47. 47.HEARTHSTONES AND FIREPLACES
48. 48.MORE HEARTHS AND FIREPLACES — A Plank Mantel
49. 49.FIREPLACES AND THE ART OF TENDING THE FIRE — Management of the Fire
50. 50.THE BUILDING OF THE LOG HOUSE — How a Forty-Foot-Front, Two-Story Pioneer Log House Was Put Up with the Help of "Backwoods Farmers"—Making Plans with a Pocket Knife.
51. 51.HOW TO LAY A TAR PAPER, BIRCH BARK, OR PATENT ROOFING — Preparing the Roofing for Laying — Roofing Foundation — Valleys — How to Lay the Roofing — Gutters — How to Patch a Shingle Roof — Fixtures for Applying Roofing — Patched Roofs and New Shingles — Mark the Holes — Sheet-Iron Shingles — Practical Patching — Plumbing — Flashings, Chimneys, Walls, Etc.
52. 52.HOW TO MAKE A CONCEALED LOG CABIN INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE — A Wooden Latch
53. 53.HOW TO BUILD APPROPRIATE GATEWAYS FOR GROUNDS ENCLOSING LOG HOUSES, GAME PRESERVES, RANCHES, BIG COUNTRY ESTATES, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BOY SCOUTS' CAMP GROUNDS — Which Would You Rather Do or Go Fishing? — THE BEARD BOOKS FOR BOYS
54. 54.By DAN C. BEARD
55. 55.Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties
56. 56.Boat-Building and Boating
57. 57.The Boy Pioneers
58. 58.The Field and Forest Handy Book — THE BEARD BOOKS FOR BOYS
59. 59.The Jack of All Trades
60. 60.The Outdoor Handy Book
61. 61.The American Boys Handy Book — CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS — THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS
62. 62.By LINA BEARD and ADELIA B. BEARD
63. 63.Handicraft and Recreation for Girls
64. 64.What a Girl Can Make and Do — THE BEARD BOOKS FOR GIRLS
65. 65.The American Girl's Handy Book
66. 66.Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them — CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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