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The Old Ways Field Guide, by Cal Ironwood

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A $47, 165-page illustrated PDF about practical traditional knowledge, arranged into 20 chapters and designed to be printed and passed on.

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This is an unusually specific product pitch: a field guide framed as an attempt to keep practical knowledge from disappearing, complete with printable sheets and a prominent disclaimer about what the author did—and did not—inherit. Its copy is unusually candid about research, correction, provenance, and the emotional reason for making the book.

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