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A facsimile edition of the tattered notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer, this love letter to the wild details everything you need to know about how to live and thrive in nature, from the principles of treehouse building to wilderness first aid.
If you are reading this, it means my notebooks have been found. I am leaving them here at camp for safekeeping along with a few other belongings that I won’t be taking with me. The notebooks are a lifetime’s worth of knowledge, which I’m passing on the you.
So reads an excerpt from the weatherworn letter discovered by nature enthusiast Teddy Keen on a recent trip to the , along with sketchbooks filled with details of extraordinary adventures and escapades, expedition advice, and survival methods, annotated with captivating colored-pencil drawings. It is thought that the sketchbooks were created for two young relatives of the author. Drawing on Teddy’s knowledge of the outdoors, the pages of the sketchbooks have been carefully transcribed for young readers, as they were originally intended.
You’ll be transported by riveting adventure tales from around the globe, like being dragged off by a hyena in Botswana, surviving a Saharan dust storm, being woken by an intrepid emperor penguin in Antarctica, and coming face-to-face with a venomous bushmaster (one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet)—all told in lyrical prose and illustrations that wonder at the mysterious beauty of the wild.
Having inspired the adventurous spirit in you, the Unknown Adventurer encourages you to set out on your own adventure with information on wild camping, rafting, exploration, and shelters and dens, plus tips on first aid and tying knots. Expert instructions on wilderness basics, like building a fire, what to do if you get lost, and how to build various types of shelters are accompanied by more specific skills culled from many years of experience, like baking campfire bread, creating a toothbrush from a twig, making a suture from soldier ants, and even how to pan for gold.
Find your way back to your primal self with the immersive text and glorious color artwork of this one-of-a-kind adventure book.
REMEMBER be good, be adventurous…and look after your parents.
If you are reading this, it means my notebooks have been found. I am leaving them here at camp for safekeeping along with a few other belongings that I won’t be taking with me. The notebooks are a lifetime’s worth of knowledge, which I’m passing on the you.
So reads an excerpt from the weatherworn letter discovered by nature enthusiast Teddy Keen on a recent trip to the , along with sketchbooks filled with details of extraordinary adventures and escapades, expedition advice, and survival methods, annotated with captivating colored-pencil drawings. It is thought that the sketchbooks were created for two young relatives of the author. Drawing on Teddy’s knowledge of the outdoors, the pages of the sketchbooks have been carefully transcribed for young readers, as they were originally intended.
You’ll be transported by riveting adventure tales from around the globe, like being dragged off by a hyena in Botswana, surviving a Saharan dust storm, being woken by an intrepid emperor penguin in Antarctica, and coming face-to-face with a venomous bushmaster (one of the most dangerous snakes on the planet)—all told in lyrical prose and illustrations that wonder at the mysterious beauty of the wild.
Having inspired the adventurous spirit in you, the Unknown Adventurer encourages you to set out on your own adventure with information on wild camping, rafting, exploration, and shelters and dens, plus tips on first aid and tying knots. Expert instructions on wilderness basics, like building a fire, what to do if you get lost, and how to build various types of shelters are accompanied by more specific skills culled from many years of experience, like baking campfire bread, creating a toothbrush from a twig, making a suture from soldier ants, and even how to pan for gold.
Find your way back to your primal self with the immersive text and glorious color artwork of this one-of-a-kind adventure book.
REMEMBER be good, be adventurous…and look after your parents.
Ebook The Lost Book of Adventure from the notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer Teddy Keen 9781786032720 Books
"When I was a lad, living in the city, I loved to read books about camping and wilderness lore. Many's the lean-to shelter I built in my imagination! Now Teddy Keen has crafted just such a book for a new generation of would-be adventurers, perhaps a bit younger than I was. I happen to be skiing in Colorado this week, so I was especially taken by the step-by-step instructions for building a snow cave. Perhaps tomorrow I'll ski off the southern side of the mountain and spend the night.... But oh no, the book reminds me that I should have a responsible adult along. Well, perhaps next year!"
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The Lost Book of Adventure from the notebooks of the Unknown Adventurer Teddy Keen 9781786032720 Books Reviews
- When I was a lad, living in the city, I loved to read books about camping and wilderness lore. Many's the lean-to shelter I built in my imagination! Now Teddy Keen has crafted just such a book for a new generation of would-be adventurers, perhaps a bit younger than I was. I happen to be skiing in Colorado this week, so I was especially taken by the step-by-step instructions for building a snow cave. Perhaps tomorrow I'll ski off the southern side of the mountain and spend the night.... But oh no, the book reminds me that I should have a responsible adult along. Well, perhaps next year!
- So, a little bit about me I am an urban dweller and perhaps not the most adventurous. However, I would love to have been the (unknown) author of this absolutely gorgeous book. She appears to have been fearless, resourceful, interested in all the world has to offer and yes, a good writer and a marvelous illustrator.
I loved (!) the artwork in this book. Sometimes it was intricate and detailed, for example, showing in drawings the items that should be in a first aid kit. Other times, it was an illustration of a beautiful place. Much of the artwork was in muted tones of blues, purples, greens, yellows, etc. that drew me in.
A brief summary of the table of contents gives a sense of what is in store. There are headings (and a sample of subheadings) below including
Camp Wild (Becoming a Navigator, Planning Your Own Adventure and Tents)
Rafts (Raft Ingredients, Secret Island Expeditions and Wild Swimming)
Shelters, Dens, and Tree Houses (Night Among the Nomads, Shelters in the Sahara and Planning a Nighttime Forest Shelter)
Exploration (How to Climb a Mountain, Canoe Knowledge and Get Your Bike Adventure Ready) and
Useful Knowledge (Lashing, First Aid Kits and Lifesaving Scenarios)
The editor of this book states that its contents were found in an old hut, in a tin case in the . The editor states "Hopefully, it will inspire us all to step into the wild and live a life of adventure, too." I agree.
I give this book five stars and think that it will appeal to those of many ages, backgrounds and braveness levels.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a wonderful book. - I received an Advanced Reader Copy from Lincoln Children's Books and Netgalley for my unbiased opinion of the book. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! The note from the editor at the beginning of the book, as to how the book came to be made me fall in love before I went any further. This book is middle grade and above. It was great on the very first page stating not to try anything without adult supervision. The Lost adventure is great for getting children outside and living the adventure. Being resourceful rather than having your nose in front of a device inside the house all day. It makes you believe adventure is possible not just something you see on tv!!!! Run don’t walk and buy this book for your children. You won’t be disappointed.
- This book whips up a sense of imminent possible adventure. Five stars.
The Lost Book of Adventure is a children’s guide to exploring the wilderness. It covers how to make a forest shelter, read a topographical map, and which foliage makes the best bedding. But it's not a dry guide. There’s an alchemy in its components which makes it persuasive and galvanising. The ruse is that old diaries were found in a hut in the . The diaries contained accounts of thrilling adventures and wilderness survival instructions addressed to two children - A and L. These diaries were found by trekker Teddy Keen, restored, and compiled into this very book...
The book’s core assumption is that children will go on these adventures that they will build woodland dens, tie clove hitches, identify wild boar tracks, make bedouin tents from bedsheets, and scout river shallows for glimmers of gold. And that’s the magic of the book it has fundamental confidence in the capabilities of the child.
The instructions are clear and minutely, beautifully illustrated. I now feel completely capable of lashing together salvaged pallets to make a raft - with a mainsail, daggerboard, and hand-hewn paddles. I know where to put the boom, how many bottles will carry my weight, which side of the river to travel up, and which watercraft has right of way. I know how to use sticks to make an igloo, and - my favourite - an origami dinner bowl from a piece of birch bark.
Interspersed throughout the guide are excerpts from the journals of The Unknown Adventurer. He cycles 6,000 miles through Africa, sketches birds in Papua, and confronts a bushmaster in Guyana. From these glimpses, a personality appears he is observant and resourceful; has a gentle, sly humour and reverence for the big picture “It’s often only in the wild that the full meaning and enormity of the universe dawns on us.â€
In short, I loved this book. I’d recommend it for all children and parents, but also for illustrators, scout leaders, teachers, anyone with wilderness in their soul, and anyone who wants to reconnect with the outdoors - even if only from their armchair. - The illustrations in this book make it worth a look just on their own - absolutely beautiful! I could see kids with a knack for adventure getting really into this book, especially before a camping trip. Would make a good gift.
