W&SS Essential Reading List

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kidwholaughs

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Hey guys,

I was thinking about compiling a reading list for WS&S. The reading list can be roughly divided into two categories Survival and Bushcrafting.

Please recommend some classical and all time essential reading for me. Thanks

God Bless
 
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Woodcraft and Camping - Nessmuk (George Washington Sears)

Camping and Woodcraft - Horace Kephart

Bushcraft - Mors Kochanski

You can DL the first two in pdf form here.
 
FANTASTIC IDEA:

Fiction: Last of the Breed-Louis L'Amour



Wildwood Wisdom- Ellsworth Jaeger
 
B. Angiers. He wrote 35 books total. Not all, but most of them are woods related. He wasnt called "Mr Outdoors" without a reason.
 
Participating in Nature- Thomas J Elpel
Outdoor Survival Skills- Larry Dean Olsen
Practicing Primitive- Steve Watts


A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America
by Lee Allen Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs: Of Eastern and Central North America- Peterson Guides
Shelters, Shacks and Shanties- Daniel C. Beard
 
SAS Survival guide-John "Lofty" Wiesman
SAS Tracking and Navigation handbook-Neil Wilson
98.6 Degrees- The art of keeping your ass alive- Cody Lundin
FM21-76- Survival- Dept of the Army
Petersons Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants(Eastern/Central North America)- Lee Ann Peterson
The Fishing and Hunting Awnser Book- David M Newell
How to Stay Alive in the Woods- Bradford Angier
Trail Food: Drying and Cooking Food for Backpacking and Paddling by Alan S. Kesselheim
Home in Your Pack- The modern handbook of backpacking- Bradford Angier
Missouri Trees and Wildflowers- Waterford Press
Tom Browns Fieldguide to Wilderness Survival- Tom Brown Jr, Brandt Morgan
Day by Day Armegeddon- JL Bourne
50 Hikes in the Ozarks- Johnny Molloy
Survive!- Les Stroud
Show-Me Mountain Biking, The complete mountain bikers guide to Missouri- Brett Dufer
When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes- Cody Lundin, Russell L. Miller, and Christopher Marchetti
Backpacker's Field Manual, Revised and Updated: A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering Backcountry Skills- Rick Curtis
 
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Thanks for the thread. Joezilla, Thanks for throwing in a fiction book.

Anyone ever read anything by James Oliver Curwood? I know he did a lot of outdoor/wilderness fiction but I haven't read any yet.
 
I would love to see the other recent book thread merged with this one and made a sticky :thumbup:
 
remmmm said:
I would love to see the other recent book thread merged with this one and made a sticky :thumbup:
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:thumbup: I would really like to have a essential/must read bushcrafting reading list for beginners and also people looking for reference. It would be a great way to centralize information.

God Bless
 
A couple of fiction that you can read with the kids:

"Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

"Call of the Wild" by Jack london
 
kidwholaughs said:
:thumbup: I would really like to have a essential/must read bushcrafting reading list for beginners and also people looking for reference. It would be a great way to centralize information.

God Bless
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Can you post links in here to them? I'll do make it a sticky later on tonight once I have everyone's first posts linked in here.
 
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