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This historical guide, originally written in 1945, includes information on making fires, canoeing, using axes and knives, and crafting shelters from hand-gathered materials. Readers also learn about clothing, gear, and useful plants. This book also is an account of life in the 1800s, when survival in the wild depended on one's skill and ingenuity.
Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: Shelter Publications; 2nd edition (1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0936070129
ISBN-13: 978-0936070124
Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (240 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #97,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #16 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Folkcrafts #47 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening & Landscape Design > Outdoor & Recreational Areas #54 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Survival Skills
I loved this book for the broad range of topics it covered. Making clothes from animals, trees, and various plants, shelter building, fire building, tracking, hunting, navigation........... The list goes on. I imagine back in the day(1945) it was unmatched by anything around it. But in today's times it simply doesn't stand up to the information that is available. A dummies guide to navigation is better than what is in this book. YouTube videos illustrating the very best ways to make friction fires, 20 different ways to make kindling, there is simply way better out there.Looking at the reviews I'm gonna guess that this review will get lots of negative feed back, but I'm not stating an opinion, I'm stating a fact. If you read this book and went out into the wild to survive for a short time, then you would probably be okay, but I'm telling you that if you spent the time to read current books on the same topic, then your knowledge base would render this book useless. One book really never truly does it all, and this book is no exception.I enjoyed this book for it's classic value. But the author is only average(not a joy to read), the information is dated, and what information is given on any given topic is very small. I think the only topic that was done any justice was canoeing, lol. You cannot use the plant information, better look up every plant they mentioned online to see photos. I'll stop short and say that every topic should just be re-researched as the information that you can get is just way better elsewhere.I do recommend you read this book though. If you are a part of the bush craft community, then you really should read it. A lot of people reference this book and you might be lost as to how they got there information.
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