Chapter I: Front Matter

How One Family Saved Money—How a Farmer Did It—A Boston Woman—Two
New York Couples—Four Ohioans and Their Outfit.

Chapter III. The Week-end Camper 15

Week-end Wild Men—Numerous Camping Sites Near the Large Cities—Camp
Sites Near New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago,
Boston, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles—The State
Forester—Clothing—Bed—Bedding—Expense—Food—Fire and
Fuel—Tools—Tents—Hammocks—Medical Kit—Children—Church.

Chapter IV. Camping With a Ford 31

Number of Fords, Mobility of Fords, How to Camp with Them—The
Foldaway Bed—The McMillan Bed—The Carefree Folding Outfit—A.B.C.
Bed for Fords Only—Universal Car Bed.

Chapter V. A Home-made Camping Outfit 38

Standing the Test of an 8,000 Mile Trip—Good Water Supply
Everywhere—Army Cots and Canvas the Basis of Outfit—Complete
Directions—Mosquito Netting Sides Permit Adequate Ventilation.

Chapter VI. Equipment for the Journey 46

Motor Bungalows—Trailers—Tents: Those Extending from the Car; Those
Resting upon the Ground, but Attached to the Car, and Tents
Separate from the Car—How to Estimate Canvas Duck—More Elaborate
Tents—Combination Tent-beds—Car Beds—Cooking Equipment—Wood, Oil,
Gasoline and Alcohol Stoves—Campfires and How to Manage
Them—Broilers and Grids—Cooking Utensils—Tools, Lights, etc.—Water
Bags and Filters—Canvas Bungalows—Refrigeration.

Chapter VII. How to Choose a Camp 80

Securing Permission—Church Grounds and School-yard Camp
Sites—Municipal Camp Sites—Autumn and Winter Camping—Water
Supply—Wells and Springs Doubtful—Selecting a Camping Site—Disposal
of Refuse—Latrines—National and State Forest Camps, General
Regulations—State of New York Regulations—New York State Parks and
Forest Preserves—Adirondack and Catskill State Parks.

Chapter VIII. Fire and Food for the Camper 96

Raw Foods—Hotels—Various Fuels Compared—Fireplaces Provided at Most
Camp Sites—Wet Weather Fire-making—Primitive Cooking
Methods—Prepared Foods—Corrective Foods—Camp-fire Cooking—The
Dingle Stick—Forestry Regulations Concerning Camp Fires—Coffee and
Flapjack Making—Wayside Markets—Men Cooks—How to Cook a Quick
Meal—Improvised Fireplaces—A Varied Dietary—An Ideal Meal—A
Balanced Menu—Recipes for Camp Cooking—A List—Biscuits, Flapjacks,
Corn Bread, Corn Meal Mush, Fish, Rabbits, Squirrel, Game Birds,
How to Boil Potatoes, Baking in Clay, etc.

Chapter IX. Camp Health and Recreation 122

Making a Pleasure Rather Than a Business of Camping—Coöperation in
the Camp—Rightly Selecting the Camp Site—Playing by the
Way—Basket-ball, Quoits, etc.—Exercise—Emergencies, First Aid—Prone
Pressure Method of Restoring the Unconscious—Poisons and
Antidotes—Position of Tent—Supposed Hardships of Camping Mostly
Illusory—Keeping Dry—Keeping Out Insects—Sample List for a Medicine
Kit—Care of the Car—Evening Sports.

Chapter X. Sleeping Quarters 140

Importance of Comfortable Sleeping Arrangements—Methods of Sleeping
in the Car—Sleeping on the Ground—Beds of Boughs or Browse—Autumn
Leaves—Folding Cots—Air Beds—Sleeping Bags—Combination Bags and
Beds—Home-made Mattresses—Sleeping in Hammocks—Night-caps—The
Touring and Sleeping Outfit of a Tourist Veteran of Ten Years’
Experience—Driving Out the Sleep Disturbers, Flies and Mosquitoes.

Chapter XI. Primitive Camping 157

How Two Adventurers Can Rough It—Simple Supplies—Making One’s Own
Coffee Pot—Plentiful Food in the Wilds.