عنوان

Basic wilderness survival skills :

(Number (ISBN

1585742260

(Number (ISBN

9781585742264

Number

b621345

Title Proper

Basic wilderness survival skills :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

build shelters, safety and first aid, fire building, forage, hunt, and fish, and much more

First Statement of Responsibility

Bradford Angier; edited by Lamar Underwood.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Guilford, Conn.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Lyons Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2002.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxiv, 440 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Text of Note

This volume combines three earlier books, all published by Stackpole Books: Skills for taming the wilds, 1967. The master backwoodsman, 1978. Bradford Angier's Backcountry basics, 1983.

Text of Note

Foreword / Lamar Underwood --; Introduction: Call of the trail --; Some basics: Skills, tools, gear --; Using the woodsman's basic tools --; Backpacking basics --; Outfitting for the outdoors --; All-important survival essentials: Fire, shelter, water --; Fire and firemaking --; Shelter --; Water: Essence of life --; Staying found: Knowing where you are and how to get back to civilization --; Always knowing where you are --; Getting out and getting help --; Weather or not: Nature's weather signs and coping with extremes --; Learning nature's weather signs --; Coping with heat and cold --; Canoe trips and pack trains: Wilderness travel on your own --; Paddling your own canoe --; Handling your own pack train --; Survival skills: Finding food and being your own doctor --; Down to nothing: Finding food when you're desperate --; Wilderness doctor: You! --; Let nature set the table --; Tips and tricks for great wilderness cooking --; Wilderness cooking: Skills, tools, recipes --; --; Basic wilderness cooking recipes --; Preparing and cooking fish and game --; Your wilderness home --; --; Building a cabin --; Index.

Text of Note

A guide to wilderness survival that provides essential information on tools, backpacking basics, gear, safety and first aid, building a fire, learning weather signs, foraging, building shelters, and other related topics.

Outdoor life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Outdoor life.

Wilderness survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Class number

Book number

Bradford Angier; edited by Lamar Underwood.

Bradford Angier

Lamar Underwood

Electronic name

[Book]

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