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Buck268

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Active suburbanite here. Grown up camping, hiking, fishing, etc. Plan on bringing my kids up the same. I'd also like to incorporate some bushcraft in with these activities. Not necessarily looking for a "mall ninja guide to wilderness survival" but I would like to pick up a book or two (or three, whatever) that would be a good refence for wilderness survival and bushcraft skills. I'm thinking thinks like plant ID (such as to make pine needle tea), shelter construction and natural tinders; I dunno stuff like that. A lot of this I keep in the back of my head, but realistically it doesn't get used much and I would both enjoy and find useful a reasonable guide to throw in my pack to practice skills as well as teach the kids with.

Thoughts or suggestions? I guess I'd prefer a reasonably priced published book but have no reason to avoid printing out a pdf or similar document.
 
Les Stroud's book Survive! is pretty good. He talks a lot about mindset and things like that. I like the SAS book, but at least my edition was very dated, and many aspects didn't fit well with modern gear, but there are still some very useful techniques in it.

For wild foods, get a local book, I'd figure your local community college or university should have someone who know's who'd got the most reputable book, you won't get much depth out of a book trying to cover half the planet, but a few counties is a whole different story.
 
Dave Canterbury's Bushcraft 101 is an excellent book if you are wanting something that does a great job at breaking down the basics and is easy to read. He also has other books such as Advanced Bushcraft, Bushcradt 1st Aid, and Bushcraft Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking. I'd start with Bushcraft 101 though, and as your skills and interests grow, the other books can prove to be helpful as well.

And yes, I second what gadgetgeek stated, there should be books available that pertain to your local edible flora and fauna.
 
Larry Dean Olsen, Outdoor Survival Skills. Brad Angier, How to live in the Woods, Ragnar Benson, How to survive in City and country, Mors Korchanski, bushcrafting.
 
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