Survival Manual?

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Any suggestions for a good,comprehensive survival book? Ideally, a small paperback, with lots of basic info and practical survival tips. I already have a good first aid book that I always travel with ("Wilderness First Aid" by Dr. Gilbert Preston - highly recomended!). A great little paperback.

I am looking for something to add to my travel grear that'll remind me of all the stuff that I think I know now, but will probably forget if the SHTF! It would be geat to have a large volume with lots of charts and drawings, but size and weight are considerations - I know from experience that a small paperback is much more lightly to be packed along and be there when I need it.


All suggestions most appreciated!
 
Collins Gem SAS Survival Guide. It is nice and small with a lot of info. I always have it in my bag.
 
I second Logan1. Wiseman's "SAS Survival Guide" is not only the best out there, but the smallest as well! There's a few other real good one's out there, but you can't beat Gem's SAS tome for portability.

BUT, come to think of it, there's a pretty decent one called "SAS (again!) Essential Survival" Pretty good and a slim paperback as well, but it basically reiterates what Wiseman wrote. I guess they paid attention at Hereford (apologies to our British brethren if I spelled it wrong).

Al
 
Allow me to fourth that. I went through the other day, comparing the Collin's Gem book to the 400+ page US Army survival manual I've got on the computer, that, if it were to be printed off, would be huge. The latter book has a lot of extras that the former doesn't have, but they are mainly superfluous. Stuff that's neat to know, but not necessary on the field.

What I'd like to see is a comparision between the Collin's Gem varition and the full blown one. What are the differences?
 
Just my opinion now, the manual to get is Air Force "AFR-4 Volume 1 Survival Training". Haven't found anything even close to it's contents. Commonly called the "Motherlode" of info on survival.
 
Mantracker,

Any chance this manual is available as a PDF format file ?

Best Scouting wishes from Holland,

Bagheera
 
I found a copy on E-Bay. I also just last week found a copy at Barnes and Nobles in their "discounted" section for only $12.00. Go to:

www.amazon.com

and do a search there.
 
In fact Amazon has them even cheaper.

Go to Amazon and type in Air Force Survival in the search box and instead of "All Products" type in Books.:D
 
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