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Title: Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills: Naked into the Wilderness by John McPherson, Geri McPherson, John ISBN: 0-9678777-7-6 Publisher: John McPherson Pub. Date: 01 January, 1993 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.63 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Easily the best book on the subject
Comment: Hands down this is the best survival book anywhere. The difference between this book and the majority of survival skills books is that most books will talk about why you should make a waterproof shelter and discuss the building of a waterproof shelter, but they won't tell you EXACTLY HOW to build it. If you read this book, you will be able to tan buckskin, construct baskets, make primitive pots, make effective and simple bows, make cordage, construct semi-permanent shelters, flintknapp basic tools, start fires from natural materials and much more.
This book is not about "surviving," rather it's about "thriving" in a wilderness situation. The McPhersons have written the best and easiest to read book you can find anywhere.
We liked this book so much we made it the book of the month at RFS Online for August 1999.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Beginners Guide to Wilderness Survival
Comment: This book is an excellent beginners guide for the inexperienced outdoorsman.
The book contains 10 well developed chapters that will get you well on your way to being able to "live off the land." The topics covered in this book are as follows: tanning deer skins, making fire, cordage, making a bow and arrows, making traps, meat preservation, primitive cooking methods, field dressing and butchering a deer, container making (baskets and pottery), making tools, and making shelters.
Most of these topics are covered in amazing detail with plenty of photographs. The McPhersons do an excellent job of explaining the topics so that even people with no outdoor experience could perform the task almost immediately. The only exception I found was the chapter on making baskets. Even though I read the chapter several times, I do not feel I could not weave a basket (in all do fairness, it may be easier when I actually attempt the task).
I can not stress enough how easy this book makes a seemingly impossible task for people who lack the basic knowledge of wilderness survival skills. The McPhersons don't just give you the instructions, they also explain the physics or logic behind what they are writing about. I recommend this book to anyone who needs/wants a firm foundation in basic survival skills.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating.
Comment: This book is, in fact, ten booklets printed together making ten chapters. Each chapter deals in detail with a certain subject, for example the first is called 'Brain Tan Buckskin' while the second is 'Primitive Fire & Cordage' and so on. Each chapter shows skills and gives knowledge that will help with the next few. For example, knowing how to make cordage helps with making bows, setting traps and making baskets. This knowledge can be helpful or just thought provoking.
I really enjoyed this book because of my interest not only in Native American culture but also in the Neanderthals, early man and the Ice Age. Mr. McPherson not only talks about how to do something, but deals with the materials available, how the weapons and tools work and even gives you information on other methods of doing the same thing. But what he shows you in the book works because HE HAS DONE IT.
I don't suggest giving it to young kids - Mr. McPherson makes it so easy to start fires and set traps. Hehe! Over 400 pages with tons of details and LOTS of great photos.
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Title: Wilderness Survival by Gregory J. Davenport ISBN: 0811729850 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants by Steve Brill ISBN: 0688114253 Publisher: Quill Pub. Date: 20 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Wilderness Living by Gregory J. Davenport ISBN: 0811729931 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Primitive Wilderness Skills, Applied & Advanced by John McPherson, Geri McPherson ISBN: 0967877784 Publisher: John McPherson Pub. Date: 14 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 by Department of Defense ISBN: 0967512395 Publisher: Apple Pie Publishers, LLC Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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