primitive wilderness living

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	• Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills John McPherson, Geri McPherson Sunflower University Press, 1993 - 408 pages average customer review:based on 40 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

#1 in my collection

I have books on survival skills and this is the most usefull. This book is priceless. Lots of good pictures and everything is explained very well in his own words. If you are interested in wilderness/survival/etc. this is a must have. Just read the other reviews if you don't believe me.

Great overview!

Overall, I think this is a great book. The authors are experienced and let you know if what they are saying is something they read as opposed to something they are claiming to know or have experienced by combining information from everyone (including themselves) or every book they have read. They also point out when and in what types of situations you need to be extra careful. There are important things to be reminded of when practicing these skill and we can sometimes forget we are all still subject to nature. For example, exploding rocks and food poisoning as well as foraging for plants and being certain of what you are eating. The style of writing is maybe awkward for some and I found it easier to pull pertinent information by hi-liting or underlining useful stuff. This also helps for easier reference later. I will point out one error but it is a common misconception. On pages 222-223 the author states "In fact, the water will boil hotter at higher elevations and so cook faster. I know one fellow who does all of his boiling with hot rocks (in a dutch oven) while in the mountains just because it does cook faster." In fact, the laws of physics would not allow the claimed scenario above...I'll explain so no one goes off thinking this is the case. Water being heated at higher elevations comes to a boil faster because IT BOILS AT A LOWER temperature. Therefore, FOOD COOKS SLOWER at higher elevations and I think one reason people invented the pressure cooker (more pressure = higher boiling point = food cooks faster). The reason water boils at a lower temperature at a higher elevation is because the atmospheric pressure is lower (the atmosphere thins out as you go up). The boiling temparature of substances are pressure dependent and when there is less pressure the molecules (or atoms) need less energy to escape from a liquid to become a gas. Hope that clarifies this for everyone who wasn't sure. Otherwise, some pictures may be disappointing but for the time period this book was compiled from I think it is pretty good. Inspiring and well worth the read but stop reading about it and go do it! (I'm guilty too :)

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primitive wilderness living

Information that you will never be able to find anywhere else. If primitive living is your thing, this book is a must read.

True Complete Guide

This is an excellent book that I will use over and over again in my adventures.

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Simply put, this is the best book in existence that has compiled under one cover all the skills that one would need to not only survive in the wilderness, but to live comfortably. Unlike many other complete! skills books, this one was written one chapter at a time as smaller books (ten) complete in themselves. They were written to teach the reader how-to ... and they do. If you read a chapter, you come away with not only an understanding of how-to do it, you will also understand the whys. Over 700 photographs, and some line drawings, illustrate step by step every skill presented.

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