Basic wilderness survival skills Build shelters, safety and first aid, fire building, forage, hunt, and fish, and much more
Book - 2002
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- Published
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Guilford, Conn. :
Lyons Press
c2002.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- This volume combines three earlier books, all published by Stackpole Books: Skills in taming the wilds, 1967. The master backwoodsman, 1979. Bradford Angier's Backcountry basics, 1983.
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 440 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781585742264
- Foreword
- Introduction: The Call of the Trail
- Part 1. Some Basics: Skills, Tools, Gear
- Chapter 1. Using the Woodsman's Basic Tools
- Chapter 2. Backpacking Basics
- Chapter 3. Outfitting for the Outdoors
- Part 2. The All-Important Survival Essentials: Fire, Shelter, Water
- Chapter 4. Fire and Firemaking
- Chapter 5. Shelter
- Chapter 6. Water: The Essence of Life
- Part 3. Staying Found: Knowing Where You Are and How to Get Back to Civilization
- Chapter 7. Always Knowing Where You Are
- Chapter 8. Getting Out and Getting Help
- Part 4. Weather or Not: Nature's Weather Signs and Coping with Extremes
- Chapter 9. Learning Nature's Weather Signs
- Chapter 10. Coping with Heat and Cold
- Part 5. Canoe Trips and Pack Trains: Wilderness Travel on Your Own
- Chapter 11. Paddling Your Own Canoe
- Chapter 12. Handling Your Own Pack Train
- Part 6. Survival Skills: Finding Food and Being Your Own Doctor
- Chapter 13. Down to Nothing: Finding Food When You're Desperate
- Chapter 14. The Wilderness Doctor: You!
- Chapter 15. Let Nature Set the Table
- Chapter 16. Tips and Tricks for Great Wilderness Cooking
- Part 7. Wilderness Cooking: Skills, Tools, Recipes
- Chapter 17. Basic Wilderness Cooking Recipes
- Chapter 18. Preparing and Cooking Fish and Game
- Part 8. Your Wilderness Home
- Chapter 19. Building a Cabin
- Index