Horace Kephart has been called the John Muir of the East and the savior of the Smokies. Several of Horace Kephart's books have never been out of print since they were first published in the early 1900s.

Now Great Smoky Mountains Association has published a new edition of Camping and Woodcraft, a remarkable historic tome of useful information, lore, stories about surviving and enjoying the woods.

Kephart tells you how to dress a deer, make a risotto over a campfire and what to do if you have an earache or toothache. He encourages light backpacking and describes a 7 lbs. kit.

In addition -- and alone worth the price of the book -- George Ellison and Janet McCue, two Kephart scholars, have written an 80-page introduction on Kephart's life.

See my review in National Parks Traveler.

You can buy the 888-page book ($14.95 for soft cover and $25 for a hardback, special collector's edition) in all the Smokies visitor centers, area bookstores and outdoor stores and on the GSMA website. But you can't get it at Amazon.