Originally Posted By: NightHiker
It's a great book, a ton of useful information. I love the About Girls section.

One of my 14 y/o son's favorite (I really like it too) field guides is The American Boy's Handy Book. It's a 1890-ish manual of projects & activities for boys (they also have one for girls).
You can take a view the boy's table of contents here


Although I do not have a link for a Adobe PDF version of the above "The American Boy's Handy Book" I do have a few links for similar books by the same author (Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard and his sister, Lina.) Daniel Carter Beard was one of the founders of the Boy Scouts.

These E-Books are digitally scanned copies of the original books and all are free downloads. Some of the downloads are up to 60 - 70 MB in size and are not suitable for a dialup modem...you have been warned. You will also need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed to view these books.

I have printed a few over the last while, put them in a nice binder and they seem to be well excepted considering the books were originally published a 100 hundred years ago.

Dan Beard's animal book and camp-fire stories

The American boys' book of bugs, butterflies and beetles

The Outdoor Handy Book

The American boys' book of signs, signals and symbols

The American boys' handybook of camp-lore and woodcraft

The book of camp-lore and woodcraft

What a girl can make and do

How to amuse yourself and others. The American girl's handy book

Indoor and outdoor recreations for girls