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Summary: The best book on the subject
Review: If you have the choice to buy one book to take with you before you're thrown into the wilderness with just your underwear and a toothbrush than make it this book. From fire, weapons, traps, pottery and flintknapping to cooking and making shelter this book has it all. Certainly not the best book for someone wanting to be rescued as fast as possible but ideal for the one who have to stay there and make the best of it. This is my absolute favourite book on this subject and I have many.
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Summary: A good book. For a more complete book check out...
Review: John McPherson's book is a good and entertaining book on wilderness living skills. He has obviously had a lot of experience and I enjoyed his insight. Another book that covers similar material (and more) is Gregory Davenport's book "Wilderness Living." I found Davenport's explainations and writing style to be more concise and easier to follow then McPherson's. Both books are great but Davenport's has become my primary resouce for primitive living skills.
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Summary: Great Series
Review: The authors have done a great job with this series. Keep going! Also, for another take on the subject, read the U.S. Army Survival Manual.
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Summary: Wilderness Living
Review: The book was very good. However the photography could have been a little better. Also the book was should have been sent in two to three days, but I got it in two weeks. So I probably should have just bought it at the bookstore instead.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is a great book for learning primitive skills, I also recommend the second book.
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Summary: Excellent Beginners Guide to Wilderness Survival
Review: 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.
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Summary: Excellent Beginners Guide to Wilderness Survival
Review: 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.
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Summary: THE GREATEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN ABOUT WILDERNESS SURVIVAL.
Review: This book is by far the best book. Ever written on survival in the wilderness. You make it so easy. That even a small child can understand it. The McPhersons are very talented. It is the only book. That I have read from cover to cover. Without ever putting it down. I have made shelter, fire, cordage, arrow heads, baskets and brain tanning skins. I have only read the book the one time before it was stolen. The details is so simple. It is the only book. That starts at the beginning. From an amature point of view. If you are a true believer in the wilderness as I am. Even if you want to make primative crafts. this book is a must. My 2 daughters are even making things from the book. They were 7 and 9 years old when they started. You can even make the items quicker. Than you could from another book. I even get to spent more quality time with my daughters. Now that they are doing the same as me. For that alone I would have paid a lot more for the book. Thank you McPhersons.
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Summary: Fascinating.
Review: 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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Summary: Fascinating.
Review: 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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