Books About Wilderness Survival

[fgoodwin 23]

Books About Wilderness Survival

 

http://www.gaelwolf.com/gaelwolf/survival_books.html

 

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival

 

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children -- No matter what type of outdoor experiences are planned--day-trips to local parks or long wilderness treks--Tom Brown can help children and adults fully appreciate the boundless beauty of our most precious natural resources.

 

Outdoor Survival Handbook for Kids -- An entertaining guide to serious wilderness survival techniques, written for children.

 

Lost in the Woods/Child Survival for Parents and Teachers

 

Kids Outdoors: Skills and Knowledge for Outdoor Adventures -- Discusses the equipment and skills needed to enjoy hiking and camping in wilderness areas. Includes related activities and projects.

 

How to Stay Alive in the Woods -- Camping enthusiasts, hunters, and even the occasional hiker will benefit from this all-inclusive guide to the woods which offers tips on finding food, water, and shelter, and reveals fascinating secrets of the wilderness.

 

The Outdoor Survival Handbook -- A guide to the resources and materials available in the wild and how to use them for food, shelter, warmth, and navigation. Organized by season, this book explains the essential everyday skills needed to get the most out of outdoor adventures, including fires, water, medicinal herbs, and more. An indispensable guide for everyone who ventures into the great outdoors.

 

Outdoor Survival Skills -- Includes basic and little-known information on existing in the wilds--emphasizing camping skills, hunting and fishing, emergencies, tracking, and more.

 

The Wilderness Survival Handbook

 

The Complete Wilderness Training Book -- This lavishly illustrated, practical guide to outdoor adventures is packed with essential information to help readers re-learn basic skills people have forgotten over the centuries. Clear descriptions and step-by-step, full-color photographs show how to build a shelter, recognize edible and medicinal plants, obtain food, perform first aid, navigate effectively, and more.

 

The National Outdoor Leadership School's Wilderness Guide: The Classic Wilderness Guide

 

Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass

 

Wilderness Survival; Reference Cards

 

North American Indian Survival Skills -- Describes methods used by various North American tribes to find food, shelter, clothing, and medicines.

 

Camping's Forgotten Skills: Backwoods Tips from a Boundary Waters Guide

 

The Way of the Scout: A Native American Path To Finding Spiritual Meaning In A Physical World -- The bestselling author of The Tracker presents 12 new stories which illustrate the advanced tracking skills taught to him by the Apache he knew as Grandfather. Brown reveals the lessons of the scout--the eyes and ears of the clan--showing how the physical skills of the ancient art of survival can lead to spiritual rewards of personal awareness and inner peace.

 

Bush Craft; Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival

[John-in-KC 311]

Here are two much older books, but still each has a wealth of information:

 

Whelen, Colonel Townsend and Angier, Bradford. On your Own in the Wilderness. Publication City unknown: Galahad Books, 1958.

 

Colonel Whelen was an Army Ordnance officer of many years experience. He and Brad Angier have hunted all over the world, and give thought to all manner of light and heavy camping, from the lightest of rucks to full up expedition outfitters in the backcountry.

 

Fletcher, Colin. The Compleat Walker. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1968.

 

The equipment is utterly obsolete, but the concepts Fletcher presents are timeless. Shave ounces off the weight on your back. Plan your menu with high carbs/proteins and even some fats. Where most of us want to be in some form of group (or are working with Scouts who should live in patrols), Fletcher advocates the opportunity of doing it alone. He also demonstrates the needed checks for doing an expedition alone.

[orennoah 11]

My favorite is 98.6 Degrees: The Art Of Keeping Your Ass Alive by Cody Lundin.

 

It's very well written, with a style that cuts through alot of b.s. and speaks in a language that young men will understand and, more importantly, remember.

[prairie 10]

John-in-KC

While the Fletcher book you listed is obsolete, there is a 4th edition cowrote with another fellow that is more up to date and a good read. Like the handbooks some earlier info has been droped though.

Also a link to a forum for this sort of thing.

 

http://www.backpacking.net/forums/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=books(This message has been edited by prairie)

[local1400 10]

The Boy Scout Fieldbook at $19.95 is a great investment for anyone. If you want to spend less, try the Wilderness Survival MB pamphlet at $3.50. Both are excellent sources of information for survival.

[AK-Eagle 19]

Another good book to have in your inventory

 

Beating the Odds on Northern Waters

 

by Susan Clark Jensen and Jerry Dzugan

 

Targeted towards the commercial fishing industry but has good information for anyone who plays outside.

 

It can be purchased through the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) by calling 907-747-3287 the cost is $15 including parcel post mailing anywhere in the U.S.

 

They also have a website that has more books and course materials including a K-12 curriculum for teaching cold water safety and survival.

 

http://www.amsea.org/products.html

 

AK-Eagle

aka Phillip Martin

Scoutmaster Troop 700

Juneau Alaska

 

 

 

[John-in-KC 311]

Prairie,

 

I've read the 4th edition. It isn't nearly as good as the first, in terms of telling the story!

[prairie 10]

Good! Now I can pester my sister for that too. = )