If you wish to take the art of wilderness camping to its simplist form this is the book to read. An oldie but goodie. This is where it all started. Contents:
A Ten Days Trip in the Wilderness-Going It Alone
Camp Cooking-How It Is Usually Done, with a Few Simple Hints on Plain Cooking-Cooking Fire and Out-Door Range
Camp-Fires and Their Importance-The Wasteful, Wrong Way They Are Usually Made, and the Right Way to Make Them
Fishing, With and Without Flies-Some Tackle and Lures-Discursive Remarks on the Gentle Art-The Headlight-Frogging
Getting Lost-Camping Out-Roughing It or Smoothing It-Insects-Camps, and How to Make ThemvKnapsack, Hatchet, Knives, Tinware, Rods, Fishing Tackle, Ditty-Bag
More Hints on Cooking, with Some Simple Receipts-Bread, Coffee, Potatoes, Soup, Stews, Beans, Fish, Meat, Venison
Odds and Ends-Where to go for an Outing-Why a Clinker?-Boughs and BrowseOverwork and Recreation-Outing and Outers-How to Do It, and Why They Miss ItThe Light Canoe and Double Blade-Various Canoes for Various Canoeists-Reasons for Preferring the Clinker-Built Cedar