"Buzzacott, the famous authority on everything pertaining to camp life." -Recreation Magazine, 1908
"Buzzacott, the famous camp outfit man knows the camping business if any man does." -Hunter & Trapper
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Mr. Buzzacot, famous explorer, fisherman, hunter, trapper, and sportsman knew the camping business if any man ever has. He served 10 years in the United States army, 2 years in the British army in Africa, 3 years on one of the Artcic voyages, and 3 years on an Antarctic exploring expedition. In 1913, he combined his wide-ranging knowledge into his book "Buzzacott's Masterpiece Or, The Complete Hunters', Trappers', and Campers' Library of Valuable Information."
This masterpiece of bushcraft covers Camping and Camping Outfits, Outdoor Life, Provisions, Outfits, Clothing, Medicine, Fishermen's and Anglers' Manual. Hunters' and Sportsmen's Guide, Shotgun Shooters' Manual. Campers' Manual. Woodcraft. Big Game Hunters' Manual. Riflemen's Guide. Trappers' Guide. Secrets of All Arts. Boats. Canoes. ' Dog Trainers' Guide. Game Regions. Blinds. Wing and Fowl Shooting and one thousand other subjects.
About the author Francis Henry Buzzacott, born in 1861, was the ultimate outdoorsman and adventurer, serving in the British South African Expedition 1878- 9, the Antarctic Expedition 1879-81, Voyage to the Arctic1881-4, United States military 1885-93, Spanish-American War Campaign 1898. He was throughout his life an accomplished sportsman. He took his experiences in the camp and wilderness and started a business selling camping and hunting gear as well as publishing camp and wood craft books. He started in Chicago selling a camp stove which he invented, but later began making and selling nearly every article that a man could want or use in camp, whether his camp is to be in the Arctic regions, the tropics, in the sun-rise or the sunset country.
