How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere Author: Bradford Angier | Language: English | ISBN:
B007N4WLE4 | Format: EPUB
How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere Description
HOW TO STAY ALIVE IN THE WOODS is a practical, readable-and potentially indispensable-manual for anyone venturing into the great outdoors.
Broken down into four essential sections, Sustenance, Warmth, Orientation and Safety, this enlightening guide reveals how to catch game without a gun, what plants to eat (full-color illustrations of these make identification simple), how to build a warm shelter, make clothing, protect yourself and signal for help. Detailed illustrations and expanded instructions, newly commissioned for this deluxe edition, offer crucial information at a glance, making How to Stay Alive in the Woods truly a lifesaver.
- File Size: 2871 KB
- Print Length: 320 pages
- Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 1 Reprint edition (March 20, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B007N4WLE4
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #259,530 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
Although there is a good deal of information to be gained from this book, some of the information is a tad outdated. I have read through several similar books and in my opinion the US Army Survival manual as well as Wilderness Survival by Gregory Davenport does a much better job in helping a camper/hiker feel comfortable in knowing how to take care of themselves or others should the situation arise.
The initial copyright on the book is 1956; the writing style and information show their age... The discussion of wool being the best bet for cold weather seems a bit outdated. The writing style is unique and not the easiest to read. I wouldn't be comfortable if the only survival information I had were Angiers instructions and illustrations. I found that many of the other "survival" books do a much better job in explaining how to do a given task with step by step information. The illustrations leave much to be desired as I couldn't tell most of the edible plant illustrations from the poisonous ones, and I doubt I could match an illustration to an actual plant if my life depended on it...
In my opinion your best bet would be the two other books I mentioned before you considered this one...
By steve
Angier's book, How to Stay Alive in the Woods, is a must for all outdoor people. It describes, in detail, how to overcome almost any backwoods disaster. Those who like to take overnight hikes into wilderness areas should be prepared for anything, and this book does just that; it prepares you for everything. I have spent numerous weeks at a time trekking through Alaska, Northern Canada, and the Rockies and have read many books. This is the best wilderness survival book out there.
By A Customer
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