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guntram

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so, all of the recent literary allusions and some survival type books seen in a recent post got me thinking...

what are some good, credible books on the subject of wilderness survival and nature? it can be anything from philosophy to educational as long as it has to do with survival. i'd love to do some reading on the subject and get my learn on, but i don't want to waste time on anything that won't be helpful.

thanks
 
I enjoyed:

Cody Lundin's - 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive and When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes
 
guntram, one I have used several times in the last few years is John McCann's "Build the Perfect Survival Kit". Was gifted to me at Christmas, lots of equipment information, & their website www.BePreparedToSurvive.com has a ton of items for the outdoors. I also agree with Tyrkon on Cody's book, great read as well. Good luck.
Be safe.
 
A couple I like are the SAS Survival Handbook and the Peterson Feild Guide to Wild Edible Plants (Eastern/Central US.)

Website-wise, apart from the usual suspects, I've been checking out Robert Wayne Atkins' site here: http://www.grandpappy.info/indexhar.htm
Maybe not for everybody, but I think his info is very good overall.
 
+1 for Deep Survival. Another excellent book is "The Final Frontiersman" about Heimo Korth and his life in the Alaskan bush.
 
On the philosophy side:

Hemingway--The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber. It's pretty easy to find online. It is a short story, so no more than a half hour of your time, at least the first time. I read it often. No bow making skills or whatnot, but plenty of ideas in most of Hemingway on what it means to survive.

Forest Griffin- "Be Ready When the Sh*t Goes Down--A Survival Guide to the Apocalypse"
Insanely funny, especially if you are a mma fan. Forest is the best.
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There are a lot of books out there that are the same information almost verbatim from one book to another. Many of them tend to cover survival info across the whole planet and in doing so have to condense all of the information down to a point that some of it is useless.

When Dave Canterbury and BHK started Self Reliance Illustrated magazine they wanted to break the normal worthless cycle of "27 Ways to Start Fire" spread over 2 pages. Instead it's 4 pages on the ins and outs of a hand drill with the info you need to know to get it right.

Not a lot of advertisements either, I'd highly recommend SRI.
 
BenchmadeBoy said:
+1 for Deep Survival. Another excellent book is "The Final Frontiersman" about Heimo Korth and his life in the Alaskan bush.
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I think Heimo was on the new Discovery channel show "Flying Wild Alaska". He and his wife were being flown home with some supplies by the bush pilot/owner of the featured airline. I guess his is the only family living in the A.N.W.R.
Man. are they out in the boonies. Should be a good read.
 
robert heinlein had a couple of good books with some pretty good ideas for surivial and differnt situations.

tunnel in the sky and farnhams freehold. read them as a kid and they got me interested in learning skills.

take it easy
cricket
 
Cody Lundin's 98.6 is a great read, just came in the mail yesterday.
Les Stroud's Survive is another good book.
Colin Fletcher's Complete Walker IV (Not survival per-se but a guy with lots of time out and about in the wild. Has some good bits of advice, he turned me on to trekking poles and... umbrellas (finally replaced my old one.)

God bless,
Adam
 
I'll also reccomend the SAS Survival guide. There is a "pocket sized" copy of that book also, and from what I can tell, there is noting removed from that edition. It's good for putting in a pack.
 
Another vote for Cody Lundin's books and Lofty Wiseman's SAS Survival Guide.

I have several of the Harding's Historical Books (googling that will get you there) that are available from Fur, Fish and Game Magazine. They're books that were written in the late 19th century by trappers and hunters about how to live in the wilds. Some of the titles include; "Camp and Trail Methods", "Deadfalls and Snares", "Ginseng and other Medicinal Plants", "Woodcraft" and a bunch of others on trapping, tanning, taxidermy and so on. They're pocket-sized as well.

I really enjoy the historical aspect of them, and there's information in them that's as useful today as it was then.
 
DH1 said:
I'll also reccomend the SAS Survival guide. There is a "pocket sized" copy of that book also, and from what I can tell, there is noting removed from that edition. It's good for putting in a pack.
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Sweet. I'll have to grab one. Thanks. :thumbup:
 
Folks, thanks for all the book titles. Just like guntram, I have been wanting to get some reading & information material to re-stock & update the gunroom library as well.
Thanks for all the suggestions. :thumbup:
Be safe.
 
I like Lofty Wiseman's SAS Survival Handbook too. Another I found that made interesting reading that really focused a lot on bushcraft is The Outdoor Survival Handbook by Raymond Mears.
 
Currently reading RYP, License to kill. Bought it and worlds most dangerous places. Also read James Wesley rawles, patriots, Deep survival, and survivors club is next. I like books. I am a literate hillbilly. Unlike some....
 
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