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darkwaters

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What are some books that you guys like? I've picked up my old sas survival manual and have been thumbing thru it thinking about how little detail and thought went into some of the things they talk about. Just wondering what other like minded people are reading about the subject.
 
I can even begin to name them,I bet I have over 20 books ...
I have and older pic in my photobucket account
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Not counting all my ASG magazines
 
Here are some I have in my collection.....

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills
Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied and Advanced
Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival
Edible Wild Plants (Peterson Field Guide)
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking
Bushcraft (Canadian Scout Manual)
Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping
First aid FM 4-25.11
US Army Survival FM 21-76
USMC Training Field Manual (i forgot the number)
Pioneering Knots and Lashing
The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook
Handbook of Knots & Splices
Canadian Field craft manual (B-GL-392-009-FP-001)
WA Police Academy Aids to Survival manual
The SAS Survival Handbook
Camping and Woodcraft
The Backpacker's Handbook
Outdoor Adventure Handbook
Combat Knife Throwing

And a few other ones on Ebook and behind the books
on my bookshelf. I have a bad book collect habit
with two subjects, this subject and cookbooks

ahhh and how could if forget the most important one:

The Zombie Survival Guide:p
 
There are two that I recommend. One is the US Army Survival Manual FM 21-76, and the other is the SAS Survival Handbook (Revised Edition) For Any Climate, Any Place. I've read the US Army Manual and am about halfway done with the SAS Handbook. Both are great book for learning and picking up on survival and outdoors skills.
 
also I don't know if it fits at all
but The Indian tipi : its history, construction, and use
Is a really good book to read.
 
Survival for Dummies & Camping for Dummies ,sound stupid but they have good simple info.
98.6 degrees is a great read
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I've read through the SAS survival manual by John Wiseman, and Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual.

As an armchair survivalist I'm also looking to expand my knowledge base.
 
I've read a few of the books sugested, I guess I'm just fishing for some thing new. Zombie survival guide was great if you liked that pick up World War Z by the same author
 
The SAS guide I've had for at least 10 yrs and while it has good info it also has some that doesn't sit right with me, specificly the shelter building chapter. Just has to much lacking in detail and knowing what I know now I just makes me laugh when reading it.
 
If I remember right, I specifically saw a post by Jeff on this subforum that one of his most recommended books was Outdoor Safety and Survival by Douglas & Mcintyre. I've got it on my wishlist, but haven't bought it yet.

Other than that, I've got the pocket SAS Survival Guide, which is pretty good for some general information in a small package. I enjoyed learning that you could kill an octopus by turning it inside out; not sure how well I would do in practice though.
 
I guess that's where my problem with that book starts, so full of info that it only touches on things never goes into detail. Or maybe its just me, I do have one of the original not the revised edition
 
Survival With Style by Bradford Angier

I can't remember were, but I saw this recommended in some forum and dug up a copy, it's good good stuff.

Also, US Army field survival manual, The Backpacker's Handbook (George Sullivan)
 
The Air Force SERE manual is very comprehensive and has alot of good drawings and diagrams. That said, like anything, it's all practical application. What you can learn from a book is extremely limited.
 
the most indepth one i have ever had was the complete survival manual by national geographic and the one i was given when o went to SoI i cant remember what it was called though :(
 
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I have a lot of my resources packed away right now, but, this is the ULTIMATE in light weight camping, written long, long ago :)

"NESSMUK"

Woodcrafting and Camping

The Greatest American Classic of Camping.


Also check out the RAT Cutlery Website, there are a few downloadable PDF's there:

First Aid: FM 4-25 (FM 21-11) December 2002

Jungle Operations: FM 90-5

Survival, Evasion And Recovery: FM 21-76-1

GREAT STUFF ALSO :)
 
Excellent thread!!!

Not a survival book but has a wealth of information that every fly fisherman out there should read: Trout on a Fly by the late great Lee Wulff. You can finish it in an evening.

Also not a survival book by any means but definitely a classic that every outdoorsman should pick up: Jock of the Bushveld by Percy Fitzpatrick.
 
I'm glad I started this thread not only do I now have a list of books to look for but made me remember I bought the Les Stroud book and stashed it away. Good book most things are actual pictures of things done by him with what was wrong and what should have been done.
 
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