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The Motor Camping Book (Legacy Edition): A Manual on Early Car Camping and Classic Recreational Travel
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The Motor Camping Book (Legacy Edition): A Manual on Early Car Camping and Classic Recreational Travel - Paperback

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by Elon Jessup (Author)

One of the First Manuals on Car Camping and Recreational Vehicles


This deluxe unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Elon Jessup's historic The Motor Camping Book is full of classic tips and methods for making the most out of your car camping and recreational vehicle trips. As one of the first books on RVs and car camping published originally in 1921, this vintage book is an essential text for seeing how car camping, trailer life, and campers enjoyed themselves when cars were few and outdoors touring roads were all still covered in dirt!


Jessup's analysis and discussion of car camping was ahead of its time. Jessup describes in detail some of the finer points of motor vehicle camping in its earliest days, including chapters on why we camp in our vehicles in the first place, what to pack in your car, water considerations, cooking kits and utensils, cooking fires, food boxes, sleeping arrangements and how to set up tents, car-based shelters in original motor cars, furnishing your campsite, staying out of trouble with common car-based challenges, where to camp with your car in 1921, and laws for motorists of the day.


This vintage book includes timeless RV and motor vehicle camping topics. It makes a perfect gift for car campers, van life enthusiasts, trailer and camper RV die-hards, and anyone who longs to spend a weekend or longer in their RV, young and old! This is the classic manual of RVs, preserved for over a century! It also makes a great gift for outsoorspeople, bushcrafters, survivalists, campers, and scouts. Although this book represents thought from a former time, it also reveals much about the rich history of recreational vehicles, and many of the tips, tricks, and discussions are still relevant for study today!


A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics.


This Doublebit Legacy Edition facsimile reprint of The Motor Camping Book is professionally restored and presented from the original source, including inspiration from the book's original cover, with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge.


About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics


As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this unabridged facsimile Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations.

Number of Pages: 302
Dimensions: 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: March 20, 2021

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