98.6 degrees (book)

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Rick Leeson

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Recently got the book "98.6 Degrees" by Cody Lundin through the interlibrary loan program. Book is excellent in my opinon. Went to Barns & Noble to add it to my home library and book sells for $16.95.

Did a search for a used book and was very surprised! Mary Ann's Mostly Books in Benson, AZ sells used copy for $20.38. UniversalAthenaeum in Boulder, CO sells used copy for $28.09.

Used books may not always be the best deal. You know the old saying - buyer beware!

I expect a used book to sell for less than a new book.
 
Yeah, me too. Unless it's a real collector that is.

Cody's book came highly recommended to me and I'd pass that recommendation along to anyone looking for a good, get to the point and easy to read, keep your azz alive, survival book.

Some think that his knife recommendations are a little weak (he suggests full tang scandi blades with a back up knife, also scandi), but I say, each to their own. I like the scandi blades and if you read and follow his advice, your odds of surviving in the wild will increase considerably.
 
Agreed, lots of good suvival information in that book. Well worth reading. You may have to turn on your "BS filter" to overlook his occasional fits of hubris, metaphysical meandering, and macho posturing. They are thankfully rare enough to not endanger or highjack the narrative data-flow of pertinent & valuable survival info. His coverage of hypo-/hyper-thermia was the clearest "everyday English" version I recall reading from anyone.

You need to remember that his environment is in the desert and that fact influences his choices in tactics & gear. You can apply your imagination to transfer and extrapolate his info to other environments (say the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in winter). Nonetheless, I recommend the book highly.

"98.6 Degrees" is $14.41 new from www.amazon.com this morning and as cheap as $9.00 used from one of their associated vendors linked from Amazon's page for Lundin's book.
 
Not a great "knife book," but a great survival book.

(The bit about SS always being harder to sharpen than carbon is a scream.)
 
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