Synopses & Reviews
Created during the Great Depression by the U.S. Forest Service, this guide was designed to provide environmental safety and maintenance advice for visitors to national forests and parks. Loaded with finely crafted drawings and plans for outdoor stoves and fireplaces, this manual offers a window into a bygone era of handyman activity as well as a wealth of still-useful information for building barbecue pits, chimneys, warming units, and other outdoor heating sources.
Coverage includes considerations of general design problems and their solutions; discussion of detailed designs, from foundations to chimneys; construction materials, including iron, brick, concrete, stone, and sand; and specific types of camp stoves and fireplaces. Do-it-yourselfers interested in older construction techniques will find this volume a source of many tried-and-true ideas and methods.
Synopsis
Thisand#160;Depression-era guideand#160;provided safe recreation for visitors to national parks. Finely crafted drawings and plans offer a window into a bygone era of handyman activity andand#160;plenty of still-useful information.
Synopsis
Created during the Great Depression by the U.S. Forest Service, this guide provided environmental safety and maintenance advice for visitors to national forests and parks. It contains finely crafted drawings and plans that offer a window into a bygone era of handyman activity and plenty of still-useful information for building an old-time outdoor fireplace.