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The bushcraft handbooks bush hutmaking by richard h. Sadly this book is out of print but a full pdf version is available see link below. The bushcraft handbooks by richard graves dymocks book arcade sydney 1970. His father emigrated to australia in 1909 and richard followed him in 1911. The bushcraft handbooks bush campcraft download free pdf and ebook writer richard h graves in english published by createspace independent publishing platform. A cousin of poet and author robert graves, he was an enthusiastic bushwalker, skier and a pioneer of whitewater canoeing. The 10 bushcraft books is, as the title suggests, literally all ten of richard graves bushcraft handbooks bound together as a convenient single volume, perfect for slipping into your rucksack.
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