Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties

Here is the original 19th century manual that helped pioneering Americans homestead a continent—with detailed instructions on how to build birch bark or tar paper shacks, a sawed-lumber shanty, a sod house, log cabins and much more.Whether you are a student of history, a screenwriter looking for authentic details or a modern homesteader looking for authentic advice on how to build the way our grandparents did, then D.C. Beard’s manual is just what you’re looking for. It includes information on:How to use an axeHow to split logsHow to flatten a logHow to build a Navajo HoganHow to cut and notch logsHow to build a notched ladderHow to make cabin doors and door-latches.The American log cabinA Fisherman’s cabinAnd much, much more.Go back to basics with this classic of American ingenuity!

Daniel Carter Beard (1850-1941) was an author, illustrator, and founder of two societies for boys—the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905 and the Boy Scouts of America in 1910. He authored and illustrated more than twenty books, including The American Boys Handy Book.