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In text both practical and inspirational, Sears' provides enduring wisdom about trips into the woods and lakes, including equipment, campfires, fishing, camp cooking, traveling light, and canoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original \"forest bather,\" Sears wanted others to enjoy the woods as he did. He published \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoodcraft\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 1884 to help prepare skillful, self-reliant woodsmen and to extol the restorative power of nature. 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In 1883, when he was 61 years old and suffering from tuberculosis, he used a 9-foot, 10-1\/2 pound canoe to travel 266 miles through the Adirondacks, writing, \"The easy, gentle rocking of the canoe was the best incentive to drowsiness I ever found, and by night or day was nearly certain to send me into dreamland.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition features period etchings of scenes, people, flora, and fauna of the Adirondacks, and is the ideal gift book for the outdoor enthusiast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1821\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Washington Sears \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis renowned for his writing for \u003ci\u003eForest and Stream\u003c\/i\u003emagazine, as well as publishing the classic camping guide Woodcraft in 1884 and his poetry collection\u003ci\u003eForest Runes\u003c\/i\u003ein 1887. 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