THE FIELD GUIDE TO KNOTS: How to Identify, Tie, and Untie Over 80 Essential Knots for Outdoor Pursuits
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Digital edition: 978-1-61519-277-9
Softcover edition: 978-1-61519-276-2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Holtzman, Bob.
The field guide to knots : how to identify, tie, and untie over 80 essential knots for outdoor pursuits / Bob Holtzman.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-61519-276-2 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-61519-277-9 (ebook)
1. Knots and splices--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
VM533.H64 2015
623.88’82--dc23
2015019181
Conceived, designed, and produced by, Quid Publishing, Part of the Quarto Group, Level 4 Sheridan House, 114 Western Road, Hove BN3 1DD - Design by Rehab
Knots on front cover are, clockwise from left: Flemish Bend, Sheet Bend, Figure 8 Knot, Carrick Bend, and Bowline.
Knots on back cover are, from top down: Cleat Hitch, Slipped Half Hitch, Alpine Coil, Mooring Hitch.
Main cover image © Bob Holtzman; icons © Shutterstock; back cover images © Feather Weight
Distributed by Workman Publishing Company, Inc.
Distributed simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Ltd.
