Keeping Warm With an Axe, is the title of a real how-to book.


Keeping Warm with an Ax is a thorough guide to cutting wood with hand tools. Mr. Cook takes a subject that could be pretty boring and makes it very interesting. He explains how to use various types of axes, hatchets, mauls, saws and wedges to take down trees and prepare firewood. In addition he shows every aspect of dealing with wood from the forest right to the hearth or stove.