Interesting reading, all this. I can't help feeling most folk on the forum would be rather more at home in late 19th century Yukon/Alaska than the here and now. I know I would.
Agree with Gary on Robert Service. The Dover edition contains a big chunk of his works and is dirt cheap on Amazon.
As to the best thing about bushcraft....well.......you know that feeling when you set out, with a rucksack with tent/basha, food, knife, stove, waterproofs, sleeping bag, etc, and head for the hills or the woods? You're not worried about time, or where you go, or the weather (within reason!) because you know you can sleep out comfortably, and look after yourself 'out there'.
Bushcraft is feeling like that, only without needing the rucksack.