what 6 books do you value most?

Hmm...there are so many good books out there, but here's my top picks:

1. No Mercy, a journey into the heart of the Congo, by Redmond O'hanlon
2. Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer
3. The Kindness of Strangers: penniless across america, by Mike Mcintyre
4. Down and Out in Paris and London, by George Orwell


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My collection is small (~6 books) but valuable to me.

So here comes (in no particular order):
- Greg Davenport: Wilderness Survival (great logic, brief, easy to read and remember)
- John Wiseman: The SAS Survival Handbook (Outdoor Survival) (lotsa details, great book
with great illustrations but NO INDEX)
- US Army Survival Manual FM 21-76 (no bells and whistles but good, good plants and poisonous snake photo index from all the world)
- Larry Dean Olsen: Outdoor Survival Skills (primitive techniques based on native traditions, great for primitive skills with very useful descriptions and photos)
- Paul Tawrell: Camping & Wilderness Survival (a richly illustrated encyclopedia with tons of brief descriptions and illustrations, might be better for someone totally unfamiliar with outdoor life, do not expect explanations or clear logic applyable in survival situ, on snake bite it still recommends the old cutting method)
- Lee Ann Peterson: Edible Wild Plants (of Eastern and Central North A.) (great for plant identification and food preparation)

Other I have:
-Journals of Lewis and Clark

Good luck,

HM

 
hey granite

I read down and out in paris and london,and into the wild. those were some great books I learned alot from.

I must check out the others you read they seem to fit in that genre.

thanks

chris (after this post and some others I went out and bought the outward bound wilderness first-aide handbook, this book offers some truly practical info on improvised first aide in the wild.)

I have deffinitely learned alot from this furom!!

 
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