Free HTML Version of To Build a Fire

In this podcast, Matt and I go through one of London's most famous works about the elemental relationship between men, dogs, and fire. In the second half, we discuss our preferred fire starting techniques and kits, and share some anecdotes about our times in the backcountry.

http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/LostFace/fire.html (1908 Version)

http://london.sonoma.edu/writings/Uncollected/tobuildafire.html (1902 Version)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/arts-culture/the-juhoansi-tribe-in-action/

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Wiessner, P. W. (2014). Embers of society: Firelight talk among the Ju/’hoansi Bushmen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(39), 14027–14035.