author
Elmer Harry Kreps
b. 1880
A practical early-20th-century outdoors writer, he turned years of hunting, trapping, and backwoods experience into clear advice for campers and woodsmen. His books still speak to readers who enjoy old-school skills, self-reliance, and life close to nature.
2 Audiobooks
Science of Trapping Describes the Fur Bearing Animals, Their Nature, Habits and Distribution, with Practical Methods for Their Capture
by Elmer Harry Kreps
Woodcraft
by Elmer Harry Kreps
About the author
Born in Union County, Pennsylvania, in 1880, he grew up in a landscape rich with game and developed an early fascination with hunting, trapping, and outdoor life. That firsthand experience became the foundation of his writing, which aimed to share useful field knowledge in a direct, readable way.
He wrote books including Camp and Trail Methods, Science of Trapping, and Woodcraft. Contemporary and later library records also describe him as an illustrator and commercial artist, and his outdoor books were noted for being practical guides rather than romantic nature writing.
His work belongs to the tradition of early American how-to writing about the woods: shelter, fire, equipment, animal habits, and camp skills explained for ordinary readers. Even now, his books remain of interest to people drawn to classic outdoor literature and traditional woodcraft.