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! | Shelters Shacks and Shanties by Daniel Carter Beard, Paperback | Indigo Chapters