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The wilderness cabin. Illustrated by Les Kouba.
[ARCHITECTURE -- LOG CABINS & ENVIRONMENTALISM]. RUTSTRUM, Calvin.
Published by The Macmillan Co.,, New York:, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerTall 8vo. [12], 169, [1] pp. With photo illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams, floor plans. Green & blue publisher's cloth (minor shelfwear, offset toning from clippings on ffep.), w/ d.j. (slight scuffing, shelfwear), still VG/VG copy, from the library of Charles H. "Brig" Belvin IV (b. 1937), w/ ownership markings on ffe…p. First edition, stated, of Calvin Rutstrum's well-illustrated and organized how-to book on building your own cabin in the wilderness, with detailed instructions and floor plans for log, frame, and adobe cabins, with advice on location, heating units, and more. Rutstrum (1895-1982) worked as a Montana cowboy, Marine Corps medical corpsman during World War I, sold real estate and autos in Minneapolis in the 1920's, and later worked as a bank robbery investigator until World War II. Later while working as the director of wilderness camping at Lake Hubert Camp he developed his passion for writing about camping, cabins, and canoeing.