Best books on survival

[ithrowicecubes]

What are some good survival how-to books?

 

[Sanjuro82]

Here's a few that I have read and use/d, and that I would recommend.

SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman
U.S. Air Force Survival Handbook by USAF
Primitive Wilderness Living & Survival Skills by John McPherson
Wilderness Survival by Gregory J. Davenport
Wildwood Wisdom by Ellsworth Jaeger
The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer

 

[Cinaet]

The definitive survival manual.... U.S. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76.

 

[BadgeBunny]

Are you talking "survival" or "self-sufficiency"??

The differences in men's and women's libraries when it comes to survival reading is astounding ...

I have read a few of the books Sanjuro listed and skimmed the Manual Cinaet listed (hey ... I had to start with GC's library!! LOL) but have added several books to the list now that I have figured out that GC thought we were gonna camp by the lake and eat MREs if the SHTF ... yeah, right ...

 

[acope]

I liked Mikel Hawkes' Green Beret Survival Manual. I know that everyone will not agree with everything in this book, but it is one of the few I have read that actually talks about not wasting supplies on someone that is injured and not likely to make it to pickup.

I also recommend Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why by Laurence Gonzales. His writing style is kind of prosy, but it is interesting. Not a survival manual per se, but the ideas about the mindset of those who survive are useful.

Allen

 

[Travis73]

I have some manuals for reference, but reading throught them and getting the info to stick is difficult. I much more enjoy, and retain ideas from, well written stories. Both non-fiction and fiction.

 

[sigsilly]

The Foxfire series are the best books for long term survival. There are basically the old methods Americans used for daily necessities 100 years or more ago.
Everything from home made medicinal remedies from herbs to making lye soap from ashes.

 

[onearmedman]

http://www.oism.org/nwss/

Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen <emphasis on primitive skills>

 

[Cinaet]

The differences in men's and women's libraries when it comes to survival reading is astounding ...

More BadgeBunny, more! Tell me some stuff to read.

 

[BadgeBunny]

More BadgeBunny, more! Tell me some stuff to read.

OK ... when GC goes to work tonight I'll gather up my more favorite titles and post them up.