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by Bradford Angier
Amazon Price: $9.44
Customer Reviews:
» It is impossible to teach people "How to Stay Alive in The Woods" in one book -- especially one that is as small as this one. But Angier does a very good job of covering some of the fundamentals and p...
» First off, it's important for the potential buyer to realize that this book was written in the 1950's.
This is a handy book - if you already have some experience with the out-of-d...
» This book was originally published in 1956 under the title Living Off the Country: How to Stay Alive in the Woods. The copy my review is based upon was printed in 1969.
The author's inten...
» Since i have both this book and the US Army survival manual (albeit the 70's version) I can say prefer this book more. The illustrations are easier to understand. the information is in greater detail ...
» my father gave me his copy of this book when i was in college. he was a camp director in his youth and while times were different then (they taught kids how to 'live off the land' by catching their ow...
by Jennifer Lowe-anker
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Reviews:
» After Alex died I was devistated.
As a member of Alex's climbing community I have met many that knew him.
Unfortunately for me I never had the pleasure. He was a 'climbers,...
» I loved this book. I could not put it down. I also bought it for my friends and family.
Jennifer's story is one that inspires courage. It is a fascinating story of adventure and love. It was ve...
» Whether they admit to it or not, each individual has a personal idol to which he or she aspires to achieve the same pathway of success. It may be an international politician, a Nobel Prize winner, or...
» I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand the world of extreme athletes or who is dealing with loss and grief. The author shared some of the most intimate details of her amazing ...
» I bought this book a week after it came out and have read it 2 1/2 times since I bought it. I have made many references out of this book in conversation and have learned a lot about the people in the ...
by Paul Tawrell
Amazon Price: $31.50
Customer Reviews:
» I found this book to cover many topics in depth (probably more than most are looking for). I found the reading to be a little dry and the material to sometimes be outdated. Not bad as a reference tool...
» As a former Scout and now as a Assistant Scout Master, I recommend this book as the best overall camping and survival manual to all Boy Scouts as a reference guide. Over the years, the BSA manuals hav...
» This is a great book and should be read by all who enjoy the outdoors on a regular basis.
» When I was growing up, I was one of those nerdy kids that liked to read National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, and even had Encarta 97 that I used to look up articles in.
When I got this...
» This book has lots of information about survival in the city and in the country.
by Rick Curtis
Amazon Price: $10.85
Customer Reviews:
» This book is a must have for anybody who enjoys the outdoors and is invaluable to people in leadership positions who want to share their passion with others.
This book has valuable inform...
» This book is crammed full of information on a wide variety of backpacking topics, from weather forcasting to group dynamics, however it goes into very limited detail about each one.
It is in my...
» This book was written by Rick Curtis, director of the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University, one of the most succesful college outdoor programs around. It's not the kind of book you sit down ...
» This book is good for someone that wanted to get started hiking and backpacking. I feel that it has good source of information for starting out.
» This is a great book for anyone looking to get into backpacking or as a reference is the field for the seasoned trekker. The book contains plenty of up to date information covering almost everything y...
by Alan S. Kesselheim
Amazon Price: $8.76
Customer Reviews:
» This is a decent book which encourages experimentation with dehydrating your food and creating recipes- something often left out of both dehydrating and backpacking food books. However, for what every...
» Fmergency preparadness is my focus. I found recipes and food preparation to be excellent. Summer gardening with the bounty of our efforts dehydrated, prepared in delicious and easy meals for both hom...
» Trail Food by Alan S. Kesselheim is a spectacular little read for anyone interested in adventuring in the outdoors, self reliance, preperation, or even just making healthy snacks at home for a fractio...
» As a boyscout leader, we like to outdo the scouts on our creative cooking to inspire their creativity. It is a great book, to show how to make creative meals without the weight of heavy food items. Th...
» good and informative book for the price. I tried a few of the recipes and was able to improvise from there.
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Reviews:
» If you need to locate a remote village or river anywhere in Alaska this will do it. Great detail, clear and well organized to find places quickly. To big for travel but great for the office.
» the map has every detail that we need for planning a trip to Alasks. With this map, you don't need the 1x1 USGS map. However, this map book is kind of too big to carry on a light hiking.
» This Atlas & Gazetteer is excellent. It is highly usable and the right scale for my use.
I have used this product in two trips to Alaska. One was by cruise ship up the Inside Passage. I...
» We have used our first copy until it is ragged. Because we travel a lot within our state of Alaska, this is a perfect resource to have in the house. A must for tourists expecting to travel in our s...
» Other than the fact that the scale is way to small at 1:250,000 this is a valuable resource that is very useful. I carry one of these for every location that I go.
Go idea to tape the pages bec...
by Mike Church, Terri Church
Amazon Price: $14.93
Customer Reviews:
» This book is so very good that after reading it I feel like I have been there already. It seems to be very complete.
» This is a very detailed book that gives a very good sense for the various campgrounds in Alaska. It provides phone numbers for most places, and we were able to call ahead to check availability and if...
» My wife and I recently came back from a 2-week RV trip from Alaska exploring as far north as Chena Hot Springs and as far south as Seward and had a wonderful time. This guide book helped us tremendous...
» This is a GREAT book! I highly recommend it if you are planning a trip to Alaska. It is VERY informative and VERY detailed. I enjoyed it immensely and I know I will take it with me when I visit Ala...
» This is great for the RV's not so good for tent campers and Motorcycle Adventure tourers.
by David Seidman, Paul Cleveland
Amazon Price: $11.53
Customer Reviews:
» I have been using a compass for many years but I always thought there was much more than I knew. I went to using GPS for all my navigation a few years ago. I purchased 3 books on compass usage a coupl...
» For those looking for a concise guide to map and compass use, look elsewhere. This book is rambling and wordy.
» The relaxed, conversational pace of this book may appeal to some readers. It strikes me otherwise, and feels wordy, and in places little more than fluff. If the writing were tighter, the details would...
» Great book. Read it before I went on a backpacking trip to Colorado. It taught me a lot about map reading, how to use a compass, and also how to be more aware of my surroundings. I would suggest th...
» This is a excellent book if you do not have a knowledge of the wilderness. I would recommend it highly
Amazon Price: $10.36
Customer Reviews:
» This is a book of collected articles previously published as "Woodsmoke, Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills" (Menasha Ridge Press 1994). No revisions, but then the articles were good then any...
» This is a very interesting book which describes in remarkable detail various primitive crafts and survival techniques. Skills such as making blades and axes from stone to various methods of primitive ...
by Larry Luxenberg
Amazon Price: $13.57
Customer Reviews:
» GOOD book a lot about the history and first hand experience. The AT is sweet and they did a great job describing the overall experience! it was also cool to get an understanding of the people and cult...
» Larry Luxenberg is an excellent public speaker, deeply committed to the outdoors and to the community of people who have hiked the Appalachian Trail from end to end. This book is an excellent survey o...
» Luxenberg's AT Guide delves into many aspects of hiking the trail. It examines the art of trail names, named notables, life on the trail, as well as its history. It serves as a decent historical guide...
» I totally related to the author and why he was out there on the trail. Well written and although the historical commentary sometimes bored me which I admit I skipped sometimes, I could not put this bo...
» This was a book that was hard to put down once I got started reading, because I waned to know more about the trail and how to get started
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