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Title: Marooned in the Forest: The Story of a Primitive Fight for Life

Author: A. Hyatt Verrill

Release date: February 17, 2020 [eBook #61427]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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A CRUSOE OF THE WILDERNESS

MAROONED IN THE FOREST

THE STORY OF A PRIMITIVE FIGHT FOR LIFE
BY
A. HYATT VERRILL
AUTHOR OF
“HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
Books by
ALPHEUS HYATT VERRILL

MAROONED IN THE FOREST. Illustrated.

HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS.
Illustrated. 8vo

HARPER’S WIRELESS BOOK
Illustrated. Crown 8vo

HARPER’S AIR CRAFT FOR BOYS
Illustrated. Crown 8vo

HARPER’S BOOK FOR YOUNG GARDENERS.
Crown 8vo

HARPER’S GASOLINE-ENGINE BOOK.
Illustrated Crown 8vo.

HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
Marooned in the Forest
Copyright, 1916, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Published May, 1916
CONTENTS
Preface
I.Alone in the Wilderness
II.Food and Shelter
III.Important Discoveries
IV.I Set Forth on My Journey
V.I Go a-Fishing
VI.I Meet with an Accident
VII.Crippled
VIII.A Midnight Visitor
IX.Winter Sets In
X.Back to the Primitive
XI.An Unexpected Meeting
XII.Strange Adventures
XIII.Spring Approaches
XIV.I Find a Companion
XV.The End of the Trail
ILLUSTRATIONS

PREFACE

If a man or a well-grown boy is lost in the wilderness, what can he do? Shall he whimper and give up? Never, if he has real blood in his veins. He faces a primitive struggle for life. It is a question of reinventing primitive means of living. How to make a fire, how to obtain food, how to clothe and shelter himself—these are the immediate problems to be met. He is a Robinson Crusoe of the wilderness.

This story of a modern Crusoe in the far Northern forests embodies many actual experiences, and it is an epitome of the basic facts of outdoor life. In books like Harper’s Camping and Scouting, Outdoor Book, Young Naturalists, and others, the appliances of civilization are always at hand. It is a very different situation when one is lost in the depths of the forest without food, fire, weapons, or compass. But the problem of working out means of existence is one that will interest every lover of outdoor life, whether his interest is in camping, canoeing, fishing, or hunting, whether he is a member of the Boy Scouts or the Woodcraft Indians or simply an individual who knows the call of the wild. The adventures of Mr. Verrill’s hero forth a story of thrilling interest and constant suspense. And it is also full of suggestions which will stimulate many readers to work out some of the hero’s problems for themselves.