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I have read it, and I enjoyed it.

It tells you the story of Elbroch and Pewtherer and their staying out one summer and living as totally primitive as they could ( and the difficulties both menta l and physical in sticking with it). there are some excellent primitive skill ideas interjected every few pages, so it also is a neat book on Skills.
 
First time that I've seen it, so have no clue as to how good it is.

A couple of books that I've read are 98.6 degrees, The art of keeping your AZZ alive!, by Cody Lundin is an excellent read and you will get a lot of information that WILL keep you alive. Plus, it's entertaining as well, so it's an easy read.

The other is Bushcraft-A serious guide to survival and Camping, by Richard Graves. The book is out of print, but copies are available online and they usually don't cost much. It's chock full of most everything you will need to know about primitive shelters, making cordage, etc.
 
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The other is Bushcraft-A serious guide to survival and Camping, by Richard Graves. The book is out of print, but copies are available online and they usually don't cost much. It's chock full of most everything you will need to know about primitive shelters, making cordage, etc.
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Also available as a free download.

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I just picked up a really excellent bushcraft book at Half Price Books for $1, called 'Skills for Taming the Wilds" by Bradford Angier. Looks like the first edition came out in 1967, but the information is great. I've got all kinds of camping/survival/woodcraft books sitting around but have really learned massive amounts of information from this thing.

This book has tons of information on reading weather signs (clouds, etc.), thoughts on uses of various woods tools, navigational tips (tons), making cordage, knots and rope tips, handling a canoe, managing pack animals, building shelters, finding and purifying water, MANY chapters on cooking and finding good food, making a home in the woods, cleaning game, making furniture, first aid notes, natural medicines, and lots more.

The amount of information in this book is so disproportionate to its size, especially compared to other books of twice the length (and many times the cost), that I can't overstate its value.


I also picked up Tom Brown's Wilderness Survival book at the same store for a couple of bucks and am enjoying it, though not nearly as much. Most of the things he discusses, however, are fairly 'bread and butter' to folks that are fairly familiar with 'wilderness skills' anyway, and are the ones most likely to be purchasing his book. It does have some value, however, in the large amount of information on plants he offers, with charts and pictures.

Hope that helps!


PS- Found it used here at Amazon:
Skills for Taming the Wilds
 
Bushcraft-A serious guide to survival and Camping, by Richard Graves.
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I used to own this book, and read and referred to it a lot. Beyond what the book actually provides as explicit instructions, what I found I learned from reading it is how to see the environment--the natural environment, but also the 'artificial' world of civilization--in a new way. I found after reading it I could see, with my imagination, all kinds of ulterior uses for everyday things (ie: as survival aids). Although I read the book something like 20 years ago, I swear I still have that power to always think laterally having read it. I highly recommend it.
 
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