Important Wilderness Book List, help me create...

[rnpollard]

I thought I would drag up an old thread with an idea or two.

The Outdoor Survival Book (?) By J. Wayne Fears

The Boy Scout Fieldcraft Book, probably one of the best.

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Hoah! (Its an Army thing!)

 

[HM]

Few more:

Sea Survival: A Manual by Dougal Robertson (currently out of print

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Celestial Navigation by Jeff Toghill. Have not seen yet but on my check list.

McPherson books.

Thomas Elpel's field guide.

Best,

HM

 

[Alberta Ed]

How about "How to Have Sex in the Woods"? (Yes, it's a real book.)

 

[Jimbo]

Ed:

You should be reading "Trail to the Interior" RM Patterson - about your old moose hunting country Telegraph Creek - Watson Lake down the Dease. Some awesome survival stuff in that book.

 

[Phil Ca]

Also let us not forget, "How to Sh!# in the Woods", it is a real book also, and very informative about sanitation in the wilderness.

 

[Phil Ca]

Another great book is< "Wilderness and Travel Medicine", by Eric A Weiss, M.D.

A small book(4.5 x 6.0 inches) but full of good sound medical advice in its 198 pages.

 

[Sesoku]

NOLS Wilderness First Aid Manual

 

[bug]

"SAS Survival Flickbook", John "Lofty" Wiseman. A smaller, waterproof condensation of Lofty's classic intended to carry in your rucksack. If Barnes & Noble are out they will order it for you without shipping cost-
$13.

bug

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[muzzleup]

Marion, are you going to publish the completed list here on the forums?

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Ron,
Bremerton, Washington

 

[Howard Wallace]

Mountaineering - The Freedom of the Hills

Euell Gibbons' books - Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop, Stalking the Good Life, Stalking the Faraway Places, Stalking the Healthful Herbs, Beachcomber's Handbook, anything else by Euell.

Survival Skills of Native California

Survival Skills of the North American Indians


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[Marion David Poff]

muzzleup,

This is it.

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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Lao Tzu

"We will either find a way, or make one." Hannibal, 210 B.C.

 

[Hoodoo]

This is a very cool book:
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills
ed: David Wescott



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Hoodoo

I get some pleasure from finding a relentlessly peaceful use for a combative looking knife.
JKM

 

[Mick Chesbro]

I have a list like this currently on my page, with links to on-line sources for the books (and videos). Please feel free to use it and to let me know about any recommended additions.

http://members.aol.com/MicksLodge/amazon.html

 

[Big-Target]

No Surrender: My thirty year War, by Lt Hiroo Onoda.

He was one of those japanese soldiers that live in the jungles for 30 years, still believing the war is still going on. Has a chapter of the survival trickds he used.

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[akar]

"Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness"
John and Geri McPherson

I'll get their second book Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied and Advanced, also.
More on my list...
The Oficial Pocket Survival Guide
The Official Pocket Medicinal Plant Survival Manual

 

[HM]

Nice list Mick!

Probably I would add Sea Survival: A Manual by Dougal Robertson (currently out of print though). One of the rare sea survival manuals. I have not read it yet but certainly would if it was available.

Other book that I liked and kindled my interest: Paul Tawrell's Camping and Wilderness Survival. More of an encyclopedia format than a manual but richly illustrated and good for kids and starters. Few infos -however- I would disagree on but it is still worths to check out.

HM


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[Evolute]

Medicine for Mountaineering: And Other Wilderness Activities--edited by James A. Wilkerson, M.D., published by The Mountaineers

Mushrooms Demystified--by David Arora

All the Rain Promises--by David Arora

Wild Edible Plants of the Western United States--by Donald R. Kirk

Edible Wild Plants--by Oliver Perry Medsger

Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance--by Stephen Herrero

Also, slightly off topic, but perhaps useful:

Urban Wilderness--by Christopher Nyerges

Pacific Crest Trail Handbook--by Ray Jardine

Vagabonding In the USA--by Ed Buryn

And for useful and interesting accounts to read:

Worldwalk--by Steve Newman

Alive--by Piers Paul Read

The Man Who Walked Through Time--by Colin Fletcher

Kon Tiki--by Thor Heyerdahl

The Ra Expeditions--by Thor Heyerdahl

All 14 8,000ers--by Reinhold Messner

all of John Muir's books