• Monday, January 31st, 2011
Survival Wisdom & Know How: Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness
- ISBN13: 9781579127534
- Condition: New
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Survival Wisdom is a large-scale practical guide, jam-packed with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure.
Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the most complete, all-in-one volume on every aspect of outdoor adventure and survival
List Price: $ 19.95
Price: $ 9.50
Category: Camping
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Big book, little print: lots of survival info,
I spend my summers working for a Boy Scout camp, so I figured this would be a handy reference when I picked it up. And indeed it is! It’s a thorough and detailed account of every little survival or outdoor skill you could possible want to know without writing a thesis on any one particular idea. I love the old-fashioned organization and appearance–true handbook style save for the size! Excellent resource! My camp boss is actually looking into picking up more copies.
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|helpful, but not convenient,
This book was certainly full of important information. While some of it may not be all up to date, this book draws on the tried and true methods of subsisting in the wilderness. That being said, it is a true “survival” guide, and not just an introduction to camping. More importantly, and troublesome, is the unwieldy trim size. It was nearly 12″ x 14″, and at 488 pages, you’ll need to either memorize all the info, or write it down some place handy. A good book, all in all, but not convenient.
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|Very cumbersome, but lots of information,
This book has some good material in it and is inspirational for the novice outdoors-person. The material is all compiled from previous publications by the “Author”, thus some bits included are rather useless and no insights are offered. A large section covers modern fishing techniques using lures and motor boats as well as other skills not relevant to true wilderness survival. Almost all of the material in this book is included more comprehensively in books I already have and I was unable to find anything “new and exciting”. The book is very large, think large coffee table book (13.5 inches tall) and is poorly bound (I was given 2 copies and they both began to loose the cover and some pages within a month). Another book good for the survival library and fun to peruse, but contains little of real value (unless it is the only book you have).
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