i need a book

Bige610

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i just found a 15 dollar gift card to barnes and noble. im new to bushcraft any advice.
 
Cody Lundin, "98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive". Great book. Combination of survival kit description and psychological prep.

All the best,

- Mike
 
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Cody Lundin, "98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive". Great book. Combination of survival kit description and psychological prep.
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Big +1, it's one of my favorites. For a more bushcraft (vs. survival) geared book, I highly suggest "Bushcraft" by Mors Kochanski.
 
i don't know if you're looking for outdoors specific, but check out this one out.. it's probably one of the best (fiction) books i have read in a long time.. i couldn't put it down..:thumbup:

www.daybydayarmageddon.com
 
Cody has a new book out, When all Hell Breaks Loose, looks interesting.
 
I'd look for a book on edible plants or tree/plant ID.

Otherwise, I'd second the Kephart recommendation.
 
What rksoon said! Great books, both about within your price range. Not sure what the price of Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears is, but another good book. Went and looked, I still don't know USA price, my copy says £12.99.
 
If you want old school then definitely get Kephart's book. Much of it is timeless and I keep rereading it.
 
Cody Lundin's "When All Hell Breaks Loose" is more geared toward, I would say, urban/suburban survival. I would look at Bradford Angier's "How To Stay Alive In The Woods"
 
what about , zombie survival guide. its great for a fiction and is very true to survival but mixes in some comical references.good stuff
 
If you're not dead-set on a survival guide, than:
Death In the Long Grass -Peter Hathaway Capstick
Monster of God -David Quammen
 
Kephart, Nessmuk, and Les Stroud. All good reads. Stroud's book might be a bit more than $15, can't remember.
 
This is a book I love & have given away. Buy 2 copies. Use that gift cert. before B&N goes away. Also a plea to ALL; please shop with an independent bookstore if there is one in your area (also before they go away!) if at all possible.

This is a wonderful primer & will lead you on basic skills.

Full disclosure rule; I worked in an independent for 31 years & it was a struggle for the owners in the last decade. I love books!

Maineboatman
maineboatman at cox dot net

Woodcraft and Camping (Paperback)
by George W. Sears Nessmuk (Author)

Product Description
Classic instructions for roughing it, camping, hiking, firemaking, cookout, shelters, miscellaneous wood lore.

List Price: $6.95
Price: $6.95
sold by Amazon.com.
OR amazon sellers, 22 new from $3.28 14 used from $0.99

Paperback: 105 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1963)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0-486-21145-2
 

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I have noted the previous posters authors & titles to look into. Thanks for the leads!

If no book threads (not on knife making, buying, etc.) perhaps this thread could serve not only wilderness but just good reading. Maybe a two sentence discription so others could tell if they are interested in the title.

Maineboatman

P.S. Out of print but the Foxfire series is good as well. If only I had bought them rather than just perusing them at my job! :eek:
 
I enjoyed Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking. There were things in the first half of the book that have helped me to enjoy short hikes more than I once did. I don't know how much it would help at bushcraft but it is good reading.
+1 for Kephart and Nessmuk
 
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