A Scout's Book of Signs, Signals and Symbols (eBook)

Daniel Beard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
256 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-83339-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Boy Scouts cofounder and avid outdoorsman "e;Uncle Dan"e; Beard researched the secret languages of trappers, hobos, steamer pilots, and Native American tribes to compile this comprehensive resource of pictographs and other encoded communication symbols. First published nearly a century ago, this practical reference provides Scouts and other lovers of the outdoors with an ever-useful guide to following trails and interpreting their surroundings.Uncle Dan leads readers from basic directional signs to danger signals of land and sea, chalk and map signs of animals, symbols of the elements, celestial characters, and marks of the seasons and of time. He explains common gesture language, signal codes, flag signaling, animal tracking, and a host of other well-illustrated signs, signals, and symbols. This timeless manual provides valuable insights that will enrich the adventures of hunters, campers, backpackers, Scouts, and other wilderness enthusiasts.

Autor

Known as "Uncle Dan" to his friends, Daniel Carter Beard (1850–1941) was a famed author, illustrator, and social champion. Inspired by the rugged traditions of the American frontier, Beard founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905. Five years later, he merged the organization with the newly formed Boy Scouts of America.

Inhalt

Contents Chapter I Signs of DirectionChapter II Wilderness Signs of DirectionChapter III Chalk-Signs for Comman and InformationChapter IV Danger SignsChapter V Danger NauticalChapter VI Trail Signs for Danger, Caution, Calamity and Cries in the Wilderness for HelpChapter VII Signs of Good LuckChapter VIII Word SignsChapter IX Map Signs of PeopleChapter X Chalk- and Map-Signs of AnimalsChapter XI Signs of Inanimate or Motionless ThingsChapter XII Signs of the ElementsChapter XIII Celestial SignsChapter XIV Signs of ColorChapter XV Signs of the Seasons and Signs of TimeChapter XVI Secret Writing--The CaballaChapter XVII Numerals of the MagicChapter XVIII Gesture SignalsChapter XIX Common Gesture LanguageChapter XX Hand Alphabets, Deaf and Dumb AlphabetsChapter XXI Signal CodesChapter XXII Bell, Rope and Whistle Railway SignalsChapter XXIII Railroad, Hand-Flag, Lantern Railway SignalsChapter XXIV Steamer Toot TalkChapter XXV Weather SignsChapter XXVI Weather SignsChapter XXVII Flags--the Red, White and BlueChapter XXVIII Following the Changes in the FlagChapter XXIX Liberty PolesChapter XXX Signs Shown by Trails, Tracks, Traces and Spoor of Animals

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: animal signs • Animal Tracking • ART • artists, bushcraft • Backpacking • Boy Scouts • boy scouts founder • campers • Camping • canoeing • celestial characters • ciphers • Communication • Dan Beard • danger signs • Dave canterbury • directional signs • dugout canoe • Field guide • flags • flag signaling • Folklore • gesture signalswhistles • hand-flag signals • heraldry • Hiking • Historical • hobo communication • hobo language • hobos • Indian signs • Indian symbols • lantern signals • Leisure • living outdoors • making a canoe • Native Americans • native American tribes • Nature • Outback • Outdoor Recreation • Outdoors • outdoors life • Paintings • pictographs • reference of signs • reference work signs • Rough Riders • Scouting • Scouts • secret languages • Semaphore • semaphore communication • signal codes • signs • SOS • Sports • steam boat communication • steamer pilots • Survival • Symbols • Teddy Roosevelt • toot language • trail communication • trail signs • tramp signs • trappers • tugboat signals • Uncle Dan • weather signs • whistle communication • Wilderness • wilderness survival • wood signs
• ISBN-10: 0-486-83339-9 / 0486833399
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-83339-2 / 9780486833392