Subject: Books.list rev 0.18

From: [email-masked] (Richard A. De Castro)
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 00:51:14 GMT

Survival Books, rev 0.18

Disclaimer:  Most reviews are written by the people who submit them to
me.  I only edit for style, punctuation and spelling (eventually).  I
really wouldn't like to get any flames if you disagree with the contents
of a review, if you don't like it, write another one and I'll include it
also.

General.  Books are listed (at a minimum)  by Title and Author, which
should be sufficient to find them in a library or bookstore.  I never
liked doing bibliographical information in my writing in school, and I'm
not going to do it here.  You're welcome to add your own information, if
you feel it's needed.

Also, many of the books listed are old.  Many date back to the heydays
of the survivalist movement in the seventies, some (especially the works
of Bradford Angier) are even older.  And of course, many very old books,
those from the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries, would have many good
ideas.  So, some of these books are not in print, your library might
have them, or should be able to get them via an interlibrary loan. Also,
check used book stores, garage sales, swapmeets and the like, you never
know what you might find.

Changes in rev 0.18:  Added additional books.

                        LOOKING FOR INFORMATION

Is there any worthwhile software that should be indexed?  If so, let's
discuss it in misc.survivalism, and I'll post it.

Anything that would fit into an existing catagory, or is similar to an
existing book.

Books about natural and/or homeopathic medicine

Shooting, Reloading, Making improvised weapons

Mail Order sources of books or catlogs

Alternative energy  including especially solar, micro-hydro and
geothermal energy sources.

Communications

Alternative Homebuilding

Alternative power systems

Sources of Training

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otherwise, it's not public domain, and I won't.

                Non-Fiction Informational, Instructional
                         or Inspirational Books

_COOKING, WILD FOODS AND FOOD PRESERVATION_

Back to Basics Copyright 1981 The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. ISBN
0-89577-086-5.  Information on food storage and cooking.

The African Housewife And Her Home, by Esther Ko-eune. A book about
setting up and running a basic homestead, simply written to help people
who want to transition from semi-nomadic tribal life to settled
agriculture. Wonderfully to-the-point about compound layout, sanitation
and health, cooking and nutrition, clothesmaking and sickroom care.
[Eagle Press, 1952, printed at Nairobi]

"The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian. ISBN
0-380-76366-4 "The Complete Handbook of Brewing" by Dave Miller.
Both books cover all of the bases. The Miller book is considered the
more "hardcore" of the two in terms of brewing from scratch, while the
Papazian book (actually he has a companion book out now, the name of
which currently escapes me) is more entertaining and is equally useful
to homebrewers of all experience levels.

Cooking with Home Storage, by Vicki Tate, is much more modern but
requires many more items to be stocked.  It has lots of simple recipes
and even home remedies.  It is available from Vicki Tate at:
1-801-835-8283.  Her audio tape on this topic is quite motivational.

Diet for a Small Planet, by Frances Moore Lappe, a million sold by 1975,
and still selling well. ISBN 0-345-27429-6.  THE classic. Half text
which explains the efficiency of grain consumption instead of animal
consumption. This approach could end world hunger.  Includes a good set
of recipes and guidance in balancing needed amino acids when avoiding
meat. In tuff times, we may all need this kind of efficiency.  Related
books are: Recipes for a Small Planet, by Ellen Buchman Ewald, 1973.
Food First, Beyond the Myth of Scarcity, by Frances Morre Lappe, etc.
1977. World Hunger, Twelve Myths, by Frances Morre Lappe, etc. 1986.

More-with-Less Cookbook, by Doris Janzen Longacre, suggestions by
Mennonites on how to eat better and consume less of the world's limited
food resources.  1976  Simple recipes. Lots of info on substitutions for
ingredients you don't have.  Breads, cereals, meat, soup, veggies,
complementary protein, allowances for energy and protein, garden, costs.
The recipes I have tried worked very well, including substitutions.

The Sprouter's Cookbook, for Fast Kitchen Crops, by Marjorie Page
Blanchard. 1975, Garden Way, ISBN: 0-88266-041-1  How to grow sprouts
with lots of recipes.  This is the way to get fresh veggies from long
term storage.

The Book of Whole Grains, by Marlene Anne Bumgarner, The Grain-by-Grain
Guide to Cooking, Growing, and Grinding Whole Cereals, Nuts, Peas, and
Beans. Here is where I found my favorite cookies.  I've had good luck
with the crackers and cereals.  Compares essential Amino Acid Contents
of all the grains, beans, nuts, and peas in chart form.  Discusses
grinders. 1976. ISBN:  0-312-09420-7.

The Grains Cookbook, by Bert Greene, 1988, ISBN: 0-89480-612-2 Many
recipies from around the world.  Great variety.

Wheat for Man, Why and How, with Recipes Developed Expressly for the Use
of Stoneground Whole Wheat Flour, by Vernice G. Rosenvall, etc. 1952 to
1982. ISBN: 0-88494-282-1.  If you store wheat, here is what to do with
it.

Make a Treat with Wheat, Recipes using Stoneground Whole Wheat Flour,
Cracked Wheat, and Whole Wheat, by Hazel Richards, 1968. Cereal,
including babies cereal, breads, rolls cakes, cookies, casseroles. This
can make storage food more fun.

The Taming of the CANDY* Monster, *=Continuously Advertised
Nutritionally Deficient Yummies, By Vicki Lansky, 1978.  How to replace
'junk foods'

Dutch Oven Secrets. Hopkins, Lynn.  Bountiful, Utah : Horizon
Publishers, c1990.  ISBN 0-88290-372-1.  This book has detailed
instructions on how to use your oven, and plenty of good recipes.  There
are also sections on cooking for large groups, and the use of a dutch
oven in a home food-storage program.

Edible Wild Plants, by Oliver Perry Medsger Covers all of North America,
describing over 150 of the most promising species and their habitats.
This is an old-style plant book; you will need a dictionary to decode
the botanical jargon. There are ample pen-and-ink illustrations and a
few photos. A charming feature is that the author includes a bit of the
lore and romance of the plants he describes, "...when [John] Franklin
was reduced to starvation in the Arctic regions, Rock Tripe was said to
have saved his life. It is often eaten by Canadian hunters and Indians
when food is scarce."

Essentials of Home Production and Storage, 1978, by the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints.  A short (28-page) pamphlet that outlines a
method for determining what foods to store, and how to store them.
Interesting and basic information, it also contains an extensive
bibilography of related books.  It should be available from a local LDS
Church or Stake center, or book distributor.  Ask an LDS member.

The Herb Book by Lust, John B. (1974) ISBN 0-87904-007-6 Extensive
compilation of hundreds of herbs, with line drawings, descriptions,
growth ranges, parts used and uses.  Techniques of herbal medicine,
appendices of cross references of common to Latin botanical names,
extensive index.  Just about "the" book on herbology, after Culpepper's.

Kitchen Magic (How to use your food storage grains everyday) by Deanna
Smith Sudweeks, and Suzanna Smith Welton, published by Hawkes Publishing
inc, 3775 S. 500 West (PO box 15711) SLC, Utah, 84115

Old-Fashioned Dutch Oven Cookbook. Holm, Don.    Caldwell, Ohio :
Caxton, 1989, c1969.  ISBN 87004-133-9.  Also covers basic dutch oven
care and use, and lots of dutch oven recipes.  Emphasises wild game
(dutch ovens can turn an old boot into a tender, tasty meal!)  Includes
information on gutting, skining, and boning game, sourdough cooking, and
drying and/or smoking meat.  Also has a chapter on the eating habits of
the Lewis and Clark expedition (and man, did they ever eat!)

Old Fashioned Recipe Book, by Carla Emery.  A discussion of life under
less "civilized" conditions, including making butter and butchering
animals.

Passport to Survival, by Esther Dickey, Four Foods and More to Use and
Store, is the classic book of very basic food storage and use.  It
focuses on wheat, salt, honey, and powdered milk.  It has many recipes
with just these four and water.  Also includes storage, fun foods, and
outdoor cooking with these basic ingredients.

Peterson's Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants

Putting Food By Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan, Janet Greene.  How to
preserve foods, including salting and pickling.

Stocking Up, the book published by the Rodale Institute, also has some
info, perhaps even information on curing w/o nitrates.

Uprisings, the Whole Grain Bakers Book, by the Cooperative Whole Grain
Educational Association, 1990.  ISBN 0-913990-70-1.  Recipes for
whole-grain cooking.

_CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES_

Adobe Build it Yourself, Paul Graham McHenry, Jr. 1985, Univ of Arizona
Press, 0-8165-0984-4

Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings, Paul Graham McHenry, Jr. 1984, Univ of
Arizona Press, 0-8165-1124-1

Alex Wade's Guide to Affordable Houses, Alex Wade 1984, Rodale Press,
0-87857-511-1

Alternative House Building, Mike McClintock 1984, Popular Science Books,
0-943822-39-4

A Place of Your Own Making, Stephen Taylor 1988, Henry Holt,
0-8050-0364-9

Build a Yurt: The Low-Cost Mongolian Round House by Len Charney, 1974,
Collier Books (a division of Macmillan Publishing), 0-02-079320-0.

Building Underground, Herb Wade 1983, Rodale Press, 0-87857-421-2

Cordwood Masonry Houses, Robert L. Roy

New Compact House Designs published in 1991 by Storey Communications,
Inc. They were by a design firm called Rammed Earth Works, P.O. Box
5006, Napa, CA 94581.

Dwelling on Earth.  A Manual for the Professional Application of
Earthbuilding Techniques", David Easton.  The book has about 200 pages,
has no copyright date, no publisher, no location.  We purchased it from
the Real Goods catalog. Very good instruction manual for DIY building.

Earthbuilders' Encylopedia (current price S$20.50) and Adobe Codes,
(US$7.95) covers the codes concerning building adobes in Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas, and some California details.  With the exception of
details, most codes were modeled after the New Mexico codes which have
also been accepted as U.B.C.  Available from: Southwest Solaradobe
School P.O. Box 153 Bosque, New Mexico 87006

Timber Reduced Energy Efficient Homes (aka TREE homes) at US$17.95, by
Ed Paschich and Paula Hendricks, @1994.  Published by:  Sunstone Press,
P.O. Box 2321, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2321.  This book has some
execellent sections on total environmental impact of the materials
selected and used for building either an adobe or an equivlant frame
home.

DESIGN OF STRUCTURES TO RESIST NUCLEAR WEAPONS EFFECTS; American Society
of Civil Engineers; ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No.
42; c1985; ACSE 345 East 47th St., NY, NY  10017-2398

Earth Sheltered Habitat, Gideon S. Golany 1983, Van Nostrand/Reinhold,
0-442-22993-3

Earth Sheltered Housing, Max Riterman  1985, Van Nostrand/Reinhold,
0-442-28287-7

Earthships, Vols. I, II, III, Michael Reynolds  Solar Survival Press

The Electricians Toolbox Manual, by Rex Miller, 1989, published by
ARCOS/Simon and Schuster, distributed by Prentice Hall,  ISBN
0-13-247701-7.  A small sized book full of good information on
electrical wiring, the National Electrical Code, and related issues.
Seems especially good for do-it-yourselfers who are unsure about the
specifics of wiring.  Section on tools, NEC, etc.

The $50 and Up Underground House Book, 4th edition by Mike Oehler,
Illustrations by Chris Royer, Mole Publishing Company/Van Nostrand
Reinhold Company, New York, 1981, ISBN: 0-442-27311-8, 116pp. How to
build an underground house using a shovel, polyethylene, and a chainsaw
with a milling attatchment.  Reasons for going underground. Different
approach to design:  face uphill, use lots of windows for light.

The Good House: Building a Life on the Land, Richard Manning

The Handyman's Book, Tools, Materials & Processes Employed in
Woodworking, by Paul N. Hasluck, 760pp, wi 2,545 illustrations and
working drawings, ISBN 0-89815-203-8, published by 10-Speed Press, P.O.
Box 7123, Berkeley, CA  94707. 1987.  Originally published in 1903.
$11.95.  Aside from being a true bargain in book prices, this is a
remarkable book in hand crafting almost anything from wood, using only
hand tools.  Includes drawings for various items such as furniture,
outbuildings, homes, tool boxes, etc. and a detailed description of the
selection, use, maintenance and care of hand tools.

The Independant Home, subtitled "Living Well with Power from the Sun,
Wind and Water", Michael Potts, ISBN 0-930031-65-2.   Available from
Real Goods.

Money Saving Strategies for the Owner/Builder, Robert L. Roy 1981,
Sterling, 0-8069-7548-2

Mother's Home Building & Shelter Guide, The Editors of TMEN 1983, Mother
Earth News, 0-938-432-03-6

The NEW Solar Electric Home, Joel Davidson 1987, Aatec, 0-937948-09-8

This Old House Guide to Building and Remodeling Materials, by Bob Villa
and Norm Abram, 1986, Warner Books ISBN 0-446-38246-9.  Few construction
techniques, per se, but lots of good information about materials to
build or rebuild structures with.  Also a good section on tools.

The Owner Built Home, Ken Kern 1972, 75, Scribners, 0-684-14226-6

Passive Annual Heat Storage by John Hait and The Rocky Mountain Research
Center, 1983, 152pp.  Available from Whole Earth Access. Use
polyethylene and insulation to maintain a constant year round
temperature in the immediate area around an underground house.

Practical Electrical Wiring by Richter & Schwan is the best that I've
seen on the subject for a homeowner. Updated with the advent of new NEC,
it is clear for the tyro and the pro alike! I don't know who publishes
it anymore, but it beats the pants off its competition!

Underground Houses, Robert L. Roy

Your Affordable Solar Home, Dan Hibshmann 1983, Sierra Club Books,
0-87156-327-4

How to build an underground house; Underground Designs; Underground
Plans Book; and A Tiny Underground House; all by Malcolm Wells and
available for a nominal ($7 - $14) cost from Malcolm Wells, Underground
Art Gallery, 673 Satucket Road,Brewster,MA 02631

These designs are all underground homes which look like something out of
the Architectural Record. They are breathtakingly beautiful, not some
survivalist bunker sort of thing.

_FIREARMS AND PRIMITIVE WEAPONS, DEFENSIVE TECHNIQUES_

Cooper on Handguns, by Jeff Cooper.  The classic book on firearms
selection, training and use.

Defending your Retreat, Delta Press.

Principles of Personal Defense, Jeff Cooper.

Shoot Out, by Tony Lesce.  A book on firearms self-defense.  Not as good
as some others.

Small Arms of the World, Ezell et al, Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA
The guide to most small arms of the world .22LR to .50CAL

The Survival Armory, by Duncan Long.  1994, Desert Publications.  A
current listing of survival weapons, not as good in theoretical aspects
as Tappan's Survival Guns, but more current in available weapons and
accessories.  I'd recommend reading after Survival Guns, but still a
good addition to the Survival Library.

Survival Guns, by Mel Tappan. Janus Press, Rogue River, Or.  A somewhat
dated, but still very valid, analysis of weapons (not just firearms) for
use in long and short term survival situations.

The Survival Retreat by Ragnar Benson.  "A total plan for retreat
defense".

_FIRST AID AND MEDICAL TREATMENT_

The Bantam Medical Dictionary, Bantam Books, ISBN 0-553-22673-8.  A
laymans medical dictionary.

Ditch Medicine, Richard L. Coffee, published by Paladin Press, Boulder,
Co 1993 ISBN  0-873464-717-3.  An excellent guide for pre-hospital care
givers in treatment of trauma associated with conflict, especially
penetrating trauma and burns.  Covers wound closure, infection control,
chest injuries, pain control during operative procedures, burns, etc.
Not a first-aid book, presupposes a fairly broad medical exposure.

Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, by the
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.  The classic textbook for
Emergency Medical Technicians, sometimes called the "Orange Book".

Gray's anatomy.  Even the old editions, or the reprints of the "classic"
editions are worthwhile.  A very good text on human anatomy and
physiology, highly recommended.

Dr. Cohen's Healthy Sailor Book, by Michael Martin Cohen, M.D. Even if
you're too smart ever to get in a boat, you'll find good material on
such topics as hypothermia and dehydration, motion sickness, skin
problems, and psychological aberrations induced by isolation and
fatigue. Good writeup of how to mix up rehydration solutions for
diarrhea victims, using commonplace ingredients.

How to be Your Own Doctor (Sometimes), by Sehnert.  A good guide on
deciding if you need a doctor or not.

Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries, Wilkerson, M.D., Bangs,
M.D., Hayward, M.D.

Hypothermia: Killer of the Unprepared, by Theodore G. Lathrop, M.D.  A
thin pamphlet published by The Mazamas, a climbing group.  Case studies,
warning signs and prevention advice. This was a sort of cult classic in
the seventies, among outdoorsy types. It pulls no punches and no doubt
has saved some lives. Quick, effective way to become clued about this
lethal problem.

Mangement of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies, by Auerbach and
Geeher.  A medical textbook (warning) discussing simple and advanced
treatments.

Medicine for Mountaineering, published by the Mountaineers.  A good
intermediate-duration care book, with heavy emphasis on the mountains
and the problems of them.

Medicine for the Outdoors: A Guide to Emergency Medical Procedures
and First Aid   by Paul S. Auerbach, M.D. (revised and updated)
1991 Little Borwn and Company  ISBN 0-316-05931.  400 pages of
information about emergency procedures that laypeople can do
effectively.

The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Treatment, published by Merck.  The
classic diagnostic medical book, heavy on drug treatments rather than
surgical interventions.  A new edition is released every four or five
years.

Outdoor Emergency Care, by Bowman.  The National Ski Patrol emergency
medical text.  More applicable to emergency care in less than urban
situations.

The Physicians' Desk Reference (aka The PDR) 2497 pages Published by
Medical Economics Data Division of Medical Economics Co., Inc. Oradell
NJ  07649  Order by mail: Physicians' Desk Reference Reference P.O. box
10689 Des Moines, IA  50336 Order by fax: (515) 284-6714
This is a good _illustrated_ reference work about prescription drugs.
Could help in identifying any drugs found or procured in a survival
situation. My 1991 copy cost around $50 but since it's published every
year you could probably get last year's free from a friendly doctor or
nurse (they don't usually save the old ones).

Ships Medicine Chest and First Aid at Sea  published by the USPHS for
(mostly) the merchant marine.  Covers prescription drugs (legal and
technical), lists of drugs and material for different sizes ships.  Good
coverage of death, though burial at sea may not be an option for most.
Good disease section (including VD), doesn't assume a bunch of healthy
males such as some of the wilderness books.  The section on getting
medical advise over HF radio from the USPHS may be worth it's weigh in
gold for Hams.

Special Forces Medical Handbook.  This is a reprint of a US Army
training handbook, and covers many medical techniques as they apply to
unconventional operations.  Chapters on sterilizing under field
conditions, and field dentistry and obstetrics are especially good.

Wilderness Medicine 4th ed.  by William  Forgey  MD  covers  many common
medical problems, suggests med's for kits, assumes no doc- tor or EMS is
available.  Best of all, written  for  the  layman. Very good book.

Where there is no Doctor by ?  Originally a manual for Chinese village
health aides, good and modern information for life in a western world,
without all of the resources.

_GARDENING, FOOD GROWING AND FARMING_

Backyard Bonanza...an introduction to intensive gardening. By the
editors of Organic Gardening Magazine, and printed by Rodale.  Short
(<50 pp.) but effective intro to high-yield growing beds. I saw no
mention of ways the investigating varmints can be used to increase the
nutrition value of a gardening effort <g>, but that's Rodale for you

Bardswell, Frances A.  The Herb Garden, with illustrations by the Hon.
Florence Amherst and Isabelle Forrest.  London:  Adam & Charles Black,
1911.  Hard cover, 173 pages, index, tables, paste-in color
illustrations.  $20

Buchman, Dian Dincin.  Herbal Medicine:  The Natural Way to Get Well and
Stay Well.  New York:  Gramercy, 1980.  Hard cover with DJ, 310 pages,
index, drawings, list of resources.  $12

Fox, Helen M.  My Years in My Herb Garden.  New York:  MacMillan, 1953;
first printing.  Hard cover with dust jacket, index, very good
condition.  $9

Freeman, Margaret B.  Herbs for the Mediaeval Household, for Cooking,
Healing and Divers Uses.  New York:  The Metropolotian Museum of Art,
1943.  Hard cover, 48 pages, illustrated with drawings.  Excellent
condition.  $9

Gibbons, Euell.  Stalking the Wild Asparagus:  Field Guide Edition.  A
field guide to edible wild plants.  New York: David McKay, 1972;
reprint.  Paper, 303 pages, excellent condition.  $6

Complete Book of Composting by ? (boring, but informative)

Grow it! by Richard Langer

The Four-Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman.  R. R. Donneley & Sons, 1992

The Bread machine Cookbook IV (Whole grains & natural sugars) by Donna
German Bristol Publishing, 1992

Growing Food in Solar Greenhouses by Delores Wolfe (all the folks up
North)

Kadans, Joseph M.  Modern Encyclopedia of Herbs:  A comprehensive,
practical, up-to-date reference work covering hundreds of herbs:  common
names, cooking uses, botanical names, cosmetic uses, growing conditions,
medical uses.  New York:  Parker Publishing, 1970.  Hard cover with dust
jacket, 256 pages, cross-referenced index.  Very good condition.  $12

Medsger, Oliver Perry.  Edible Wild Plants.  New York:  McMillan, 1954.
Hard cover with DJ, 323 pages, photos, drawings, index, index of
scientific names.  $14

Miloradovich, Milo.  The Home Garden Book of Herbs & Spices:  The
complete handbook on growing, preparing and preserving all culinary
herbs and spices--for the gardener, the homemaker, and the gourmet.
Garden City, NY:  Doubleday, 1952.  Hard cover with dust jacket, 236
pages, index, list of botanical names.  $10

Pond, Barbara.  A Sampler of Wayside Herbs:  Rediscovering Old Uses For
Familiar wild Plants; illustrated by Edward and Marcia Norman.  New
York: Greenwich House, 1974.  Hard cover with DJ, index, bibliography,
color and B&W drawings and paintings, 126 pages.  Excellent condition.
$14

How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons (great book, I'm currently
using guidelines for my backyard garden)

Ramsbottom, John.  Edible Fungi, with colour plates by Rose Ellenby.
London:  Penguin, 1948.  Hard cover, 45 pages, 24 color plates.
Excellent condition.  $7

Ranson, Florence.  British Herbs.  Harmondsworth:  Penguin Books, 1949.
Paper, 203 pages, illustrated with photos and drawings.  Excellent
condition.   $6

Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair.  Herb Gardening.  London:  Medici Society,
1945; 2nd printing.  Hard cover with dust jacket, 206 pages, illustrated
with drawings, color & B&W photos.  Very good condition.  $9

Taylor, George M.  British Herbs and Vegetables.  London:  Collins,
1947.  Hard cover with dust jacket, 48 pages, color and B&W photos and
drawings.  $8

The Handbook for Fruit Explorers by Ram Fishman North American Fruit
Explorers, 1986

NAFEX is an organization of people who experiment with fruit trees.  It
has a periodic newsletter which is consists of articles and letter
submitted by members.

Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew (1981 Rodale Press
0-87857-341-0). Read it.

ABC and XYZ of Beekeeping from the A.I.Root library

The Hive and the Honey Bee from Dadant Publications

How to Make $100000 farming 25 Acres by Wheatly

Successful Small Sacle Farming by Schwenke

The Contrary Farmer by Gene Lodgson

Christmas Trees by Lewis Hill

The Backyard Homestead Mini Farm & Garden Log Book

John Jeavons How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons

_GENERAL SURVIVALISM TOPICS (As opposed to short-term SURVIVAL)_

Basic Preparedness, The Survival Center, Inc., @1994, ISBN 0-9642342-0-3
A good primer on food storage, water storage, very basic medical
supplies, grains etc.

Basic Self-Reliance, It is written as an instructors manual to teach
people in underdeveloped countries how to take care of themselves. It
shows how to make a hand powered wahing machine, a water clarifier (not
purifier), an evap. refrigerator, and much more.  It has a great chapter
on worms and and how to treat them, compost piles, and other low/no
technology solutions to basic health in a survival situation.  While
it's geared (I think) to the LDS missionary, it provides good
information in a non-sectarian manner.  Available from the LDS
distribution center, 152 pages, illustrated, spiral bound.  Current
price is $4.60, it'd probably cost another $1.00 to mail.  Check with
your local LDS Church or Ward, or ask an LDS member.

Checklist for Survival, by Tony & Jo-Anne Lesce.  It is the best
scenario and make you think book that I have seen.  It discusses how,
when, and where to prepare, use the black market, hide, defend, flee,
group, loot, ambush, grow food, get safe water, get fuel, obtain
transportation, and forage.

Crisis Preparedness Handbook by Jack A Spigarelli  Resource
Publications:Provo, Ut  1984  ISBN 0-936348-00-3. Covers food,
communications, tools (only 2 pages on guns), transportation, fuel and
water, radiological defence, etc.  The only week section was on guns, it
looked like a brief overview of Tappan, without explaining any of the
logic behind it.  The food storage is over half the book, and starts out
by calculating the ammount of calories you need, and working through the
various foods, both storage (freeze dried, whole grains) as well as
canned goods explaining the recommended ammount of each group.
Information on storing your own, gardening and forging was also
included.  Excellent biblography.

How to Survive in the City and Country, Ragner Benson.  Probally Bensons
best book.  Sections on trapping, generators (diesel, from china),
gardening, building a home, defense, etc.  Good general ideas for people
who can't buy their future.

Living Well on Practically Nothing, Edward H. Romney, @1992, ISBN
0-87364-694-0 A good reference especially if the financial times get
very hard.  Lots of good advise on how to get by with very little money.
Plus if you could save $1000.00 a year using this book just think of the
nice survival items you could buy. :-)

Making the best of Basics (Family Preparedness Handbook) by James
Talmage Stevens published by Peton Corporation PO Box 11925 , Salt lake
City, Utah 84147 distributed ??? Tower Enterprises, 7652 Silver Lake
Drive, Salt Lake , Utah, 84121

Preparing for Emergencies, by James. M. McKeever.  ISBN 0-86694-125-8
1993 (in print, unlke many other recommended books) Synopsis:  A general
How-to-prepare book with a twist:  each chapter is prioritzed with the
most important steps to take in the first few chapters.  E.g., Ch.1
Disasters, Ch.2 Water, Ch.3 Heat/Light, Ch.4 First Aid...  I.e. if
you're only going to do one thing, store water, two things, water &
heat/light, etc.

The Sense of Survival, A Comprehensive Guide to Survival, by
J. Allan South. The publisher is so small it is hard to order.  It is
carried by: Emergency Essentials, 165 S. Mountain Way Drive, Orem, UT
84058-5119  phone 1-800-999-1863 my favorite mail order co. The book is
$14.95 + $6 shipping for any order.

Survival with Style, Bradford Angier (also Field Guide to Edible Wild
Plants, same author).  No nonsense outdoor survival and woodcraft, from
an old timer who has done it. Much more indepth than other texts, and
had good, but brief coverage of firearms (the result of a slight
American (North and South) bias).

Tappan on Survival, by Mel Tappan. Janus Press, Rogue River, Or.  A
collection of the late Mr. Tappans articles in various magazines.

"Village Technology Handbook", by VITA (Volunteers in Technical
Asssitance), ISBN  086619-275-1

_HOMESTEADING_ How to create a home away from civilization

Anything written by Bradford Angier.  Should be available in libraries
or used book stores.

Country Blacksmithing by Charles McRaven. This is a very practical guide
to metalworking with limited equipment. There's a very complete, and
accurate, section on tempering steels.

Five Acres and Independence by M.G. Kains. It's a handbook for small
farm management.  It describes cropping methods, plants, and farming
techniques for small farms (5 acres or less).

The Foxfire Books (all of them).  Sorting the wheat from the chaff, lots
of good information on basic homesteading skills.

How to Survive Without a Salary by Charles Long Horizon Publishing, 1981

The Modern Homestead Manual, by Thomsen and Freshwater, ISBN
0-9625960-4-3, 215 pages.  Discusses the whys, hows and whens of moving
to the country, covering topics that other books have missed.

Practical Blacksmithing, by M.T. Richardson. This is a classic from the
turn of the century. If you are interested in old methods, this is a
must read.

_INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS (non-fiction)

Early Man And The Ocean, by Thor Heyerdahl. That's right, the guy who
sailed the seas in heaps of balsa and bunches of reeds. This is a
retrospective and contemplative look at his life's obsession,
understanding the ways humans traveled abroad during our dim prehistory.

Give your Heart to the Hawks by Winfred Blevins Great book based on the
factual adventures of the mountian men. Good account of Hugh Grant ( not
sure of the name ) being mauled by a Grizzly bear, left for dead by his
companions, including a young Jim Bridger, and not only making his way
back to the base camp, but then pursuing his false comrades for revenge!

The Raft by Robert Trumbull.  Three USN Aircrew navigate their raft 34
days to a landfall. Info on desperation navigation, finding food and
water at sea, and how to turn a Model 1911A1 into a better hammer when
it's going to rust solid anyway.

Survival in Auschwitz, by Primo Levi.  Learn the importance of attitude
in survival; those who kept hope alive in their hearts were far more
likely to make it through--as well as being able to think quick and
adapt.

Shackleton's Valiant Voyage by Alfred Lansing.  Antartic explorers lose
their ship in pack ice after a year of wating no rescue. Three (of the
28) sail a boat from the edge of the ice to South Georgia and make first
crossing of island mountain range. All survive.

Trapped at Pearl Harbor by Stephen Bower Young.  What to do when your
battle ship turns over?  Well, don't give up is a good start.

The Tracker, as told by William Jon Watkins.  Stories of his learning
and usage of survival techniques and tracking

The Search, Tom Brown with William Owen.  Same as above, but continued

Granfather, Tom Brown.  Account of Life of his Teacher, a South Lippan
Apache Scout. Many survival stories

Nature Philosophy Books by Tom Brown: The Vision The Quest The Journey
        Awakening Spirits

     Newt Gingrich's recommended reading list:

     Alvin and Heidi Toffler, authors of "Future Shock" and "The Third
     Wave."

     Federalist  Papers,  posted to political groups on the net.

     Toqueville  Travels  and Democracy in America

     The Declaration of Independence - Posted to the net

     The Constitution of the United States of America - Posted to the
     net

     Druckers  "Effective Executive,

     Demmings "Concepts  of  Quality

     Progress  and  Freedom  Foundation's  report on  Alvin Toffler's
      works

     Quote of Newt recommending the Founders in general:
             "In  the  other  direction  I  suggest  to  them, immerse
             yourself  in  the  Founding  Fathers. These people thought
             a long time about the nature of  being human,  about the
             problems  of power,  about  how to organize a free society
             so it could sustain freedom. And if you can combine the
             two, you can begin to  create an  opportunity  for  every
             American to participate in ways that will prove to be quite
             remarkable."   -- Newt Gingrich

     The Ruling Class: Inside the Imperial Congress_ (Eric Felten,
Heritage Foundation, 1993).  It's a fascinating account of how Congress
has abrogated its responsibility to write rational and reasonable laws,
how it sidesteps accountability for its actions, and how it has turned
itself into an incumbency machine.

_MISCELLANY_

A serious dictionary of your favorite language.

The Book of Outdoor Lore, by Clyde Ormond.  A great book full of
survival skills, equipment needed (nothing high-tech: this book is from
the 1950's), edible plants and animals and how to gather/hunt/prepare
them, etc. Even includes making and using primitive weapons (e.g., a
hunting sling).

A Bouncer's Guide to Barroom Brawling by Peyton Quinn. Hand to hand
stuff, mostly unarmed, a bit of weapons, hardly adresses guns at all,
but what it does cover, it covers well, especially the mental, avoidance
of the "machismo bullshit" effect, etc.

Care and Use of Individual Clothing and Equipment, Army Field Manual
21-15.  How to use basic field gear.

Cold comfort : keeping warm in the outdoors / Glenn Randall. New York,
NY : Lyons & Burford, c1987. ISBN 0941130460 (pbk.) : $9.95.  An
excellent discussion of how to stay warm.

Everyone's Knife Bible by Don Paul. Very interesting book.

The Farmer's Dog, by John Holmes Popular Dogs Publishing, 1984

Field Hygiene and Sanitation, Army Field Manual 21-10/Air Force Manual
161-10.  Basic field sanitation techniques.

How to hide almost anything, by Krotz.  Ideas about hiding small items
in your home, in false panels, cabinet fronts, etc.

How to Shit in the Woods, by Kathleen Meyer.  The name says it all.

Improvised Munitions Handbook, TM 31-210, Department of the Army
Technical Manual, 1969.  The how to do it, including:  9mm pipe pistol,
pipe shotgun, fertilizer an-al explosive, improvised black powder,
reuseable primer, pipe bombs, fuse, gasoline gelled with animal blood,
and many others.

The Modern Gunsmith (2 volumes) (c. 1930).  It discusses many topics,
including machining, forging and tempering (complete with a full-color
"color chart" for tempering; gives approximate temperatures for the
various colors, and the uses of such tools).  If you can find this book,
it's probably worth whatever you have to pay for it.

Modern Weapons Caching, by Ragnar Benson.  How to long-term store most
anything.

The Morrow Guide to Knots, Bigon and Regazzoni.  Lots of different
knots, how and when to tie them.

The Official Boy Scout Fieldbook - A must-have, especially the older
versions.

The Official Boy Scout Handbook - A classic, both the current edition
and especially older versions

Pocket Ref, Thomas J. Glover, Sequoia Publishing, 1989 ISBN #
0-9622359-0-3.  A pocket-sized book full of potentially useful
information about machining, wood, building, electronics and computers,
Gasses, and all sorts of other stuff.  Highly recommended - this book is
one that I keep loosing, I should buy several copies and keep them in my
toolbox, desk, at work, and in my briefcase.

The Razor Edge Book of Sharpening, by John Juranitch Warner Books 1985
ISBN 0-446-38002-4 (USA) (0-446-38003-2 Canada) 8" x 9 1/4" 145 ppg.
paper  ($12.50, 13.50 in Can. - as of 1985) Razor-Edge Systems, Inc.  PO
Box 150, Ely, Minnesota 55731. 218 365 6419, 218 365 5360 (fax), 800 541
1458 (orders.) The book (item BK10) is $12.50 plus $4 shipping. An
excellent book on sharpening knives, axes, razors, etc.

Ropes, Knots and Slings for Climbers, by Walt Wheelock.  If your life is
dangling by a rope, lets make sure the knot is tied correctly.

US Army Special Forces Caching Techniques.  A reprint of a US Army
Manual from Desert Publications, P.O. Box 1751 El Dorado, AR  71731-1751
Brief but thorough discussion of how to hide things, including
techniques that I'd never considered like anchoring them underwater. One
small criticism, the chapter on burying lists the tools to have, a
shovel might also be useful!

The Survivor, Volumes 1-4 by Kurt Saxon.  Old time techniques.

Tracking, a Blueprint for learning how, by Jack Kearney.  How to follow
people's and animals tracks, and by exclusion, how to avoid being
tracked.

Urban Combat, a reprint of a US Army Manual, from Desert Publications,
P.O. Box 1751 El Dorado, AR  71731-1751 Information on current doctrine
for combat in urban areas, how to select and defend urban locations and
considerations of standard military weapons.

Vehicle Recovery Operations, Army Field Manual 21-22.  How to get
unstuck, also has good information about moving large heavy objects with
things found at hand.

Shelter, Shelter Pubs. 1973, Ten Speed Press. A historical, cultural
and practical perspective of shelter designs from around the world.
Also the aspects of water, food and waste (human, animal, food)
managment.  What to do with food and animal waste?  Some can be used for
compost. To my knowledge carnivorous waste is no good (food or fecal,
check me on this people).

The Yankee Magazine Book of Forgotten Arts.  Bacon, Richard M. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1978.   Hard cover, 217 pages.  Covers such topics as
cooking on a wood stove, building a smokehouse, using root cellars,
keeping a family cow, working with a draft horse, creating dyes from
common plants, making soap, wooden toys, paint, painting colonial
patterned floors, numerous others. .

Working at Woodworking by Jim Topin

Understanding Wood by R. Bruce Hoadley

Identifying Wood by R. Bruce Hoadley

Furniture Design by Seth Stem

The Workshop Book by Scott Landis

The Workbench Book by Scott Landis

Finding and Buying Your Place in the Country by Les Scher

How to Get Off the Fast Track by M.M Kirsch

Tom Brown's Field Guides to:
     City and Suburban Survival
     The Forgotten Wilderness
     Wilderness Survival
     Living with the Earth
     Nature
     Observation and Tracking
     Nature and Survival for Children
     Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants

Peterson's Field Guide to Animal Tracks

_NAVIGATION, MAPS AND COMPASS, STARS_

Atlas Of The Night Sky, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion. Before you can make
much use of the stars, for timekeeping or navigation, you have to be
able to find and identify the twinkly things. Fine whole-sky coverage,
to magnitude 6, epoch 2000.0, and the appealingly clear Tirion celestial
cartography.

Be Expert with Map and Compass, Bjorn Kjellstrom.  The classic on using
orienteering style compasses.

Delorme's Atlas and Gazetteer of individual states.  Currently available
for most Western States (except Nevada and New Mexico,  and most of the
Eastern States) these books combine topographic map information from the
USGS surveys and more current information about roads and other man-made
structures into folio-sized mapbooks in full color.  Scale is 1:250,000
or so (about 1 inch=4 miles) for Arizona, and 1:150,000 for California,
other states may vary.  A good, accurate and compact way of getting
information about areas of interest to you.

Finding Your Way On Land Or Sea Reading Nature's Maps, by Harold Gatty.
Formerly published, in Australia, as Nature Is Your Guide. The best
account extant of 'natural' navigation, that is, relying on observation
and deduction instead of instrumentation. Waves and sand dunes, birds
and insects, even the habits of plants are covered. Also worth reading
is his advice for staying oriented in strange towns. Includes
worthwhile, simplified  directions for determining direction from the
sun and stars and (local) time from the stars, also some highly
thought-provoking remarks on Polynesian celestial technique.

Goode's World Atlas, Rand McNally Co. Good climate, resource and
population maps; maps of ocean winds and currents, tabulated latitudes
and longitudes of population centers.

Topographic Symbols, Army Field Manual 21-31.  What the symbols on maps
mean.  Also applies to USGS topographic maps.

Map Reading, Army Field Manual 21-26.  How to use (correctly) military
style lensatic compasses, and the best discussion of military grid
systems such as UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator).

Wilderness Route Finder, by Calvin Rutstrum.  One of the few
non-military books discussing how to use the military style lensatic
compass, good information on general routefinding.

_NUCLEAR WAR AND RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PREPARATIONS_

The Chernobyl Syndrome (and how to survive it), by Dean Ing copyright
1988 Baen Books ISBN:  0-671-65345-8 paperback, 330 pages.  More good
information from Ing.

Life after Doomsday, Bruce Clayton.  Good information on selecting a
location to "retreat" in, skills and tools.  Also excellent advise on
nuclear war planning and preparation.

Nuclear War Survival Skills, by Cresson Kearny.  Do it yourself fallout
shelters, radiation detection information, etc.  If you think the chance
of nuclear attack or incident is a threat, you should certainly have
this book.

For people who are looking for a source for Cresson Kearny's Nuclear War
Survival Skills, you can write to the following.
     The Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
     P.O. Box 1279
     Cave Junction, Oregon 97523

Pulling Through, by Dean Ing.  While this is actually a fictional book,
I've included it here because of the depth and accuracy of the scenario
that he presents, as well as the reprints of Nuclear War Survival
Skills, on building a fallout meter.  Also good information on expedient
shelter construction, but I'd still recommend Kearny for a detailed
discussion.

Radiological Defense Manual, CPG 2-6.2, Defense Civil Preparedness
Agency.  Information on fallout patterns and protection.

Risks and Hazards: A State by State Guide", Federal Emergency Management
Agency, P.O.Box 70274, Washington, DC  20024, (1990, publication #
FEMA-196). Contains maps for each state charting likely nuclear targets
and damage zones surrounding them.  Also has smaller maps of each state
showing location of nuclear power plants and areas subject to
earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.  Last section in- cludes
suggestions and checklists for dealing with the various kinds of
diasters.

Surviving Doomsday by C. Bruce Sibley.  Information-rich, with a
British/European flavor.

_PRIMITIVE SURVIVAL SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES_

Bushcraft, by R. Graves.  Written by a trainer of the Australian SAS,
survival manual Australian style, with a superb array of improvised
traps and snares, including fish traps. Limited amount of plant
information, and that mainly useful to Australians, but some universally
applicable good things to know, like identifying cyanide and oxylates by
flavor (*small* taste).

Outdoor Survival Skills, by Larry Dean Olsen. A classic manual
emphasizing American Indian techniques. Has information on making your
own primitive tools and weapons, shelters and clothing. A particularly
good feature is that dozens of edible or medicinal plants are described,
and illustrated using sharply focused color photos. All are plants found
in the American West--Olsen works out of BYU-- but many of them have
more general distribution.

_POWER GENERATION_

The Complete Battery Book Richard A Perez Tab Books Inc. Blue Ridge
Summit, PA 17214 ISBN 0-8306-1757-4 (paperback) 185 pages, illustrated.
Written for the layman.  Talks about What is a battery, lead acid,
ni-cad, edison cells, primary cells, methods and machines to charge,
using batteries effectively, Inverters, Energy management, and new
battery technologies (the book was written in 1985), formulae and
conversion factors. A great book.  Will teach you the basics of
batteries.

An Introduction to Solar Energy for Scientists and Engineers, Sol Wieder
publisher: Krieger ISBN: 0-89464-444-0 1992, a reprint of the 1982
edition 316 pages $57.50.

Survival Scrapbook #3 ENERGY by Stefan A. Szczelkun ISBN 0-8052-0449-0.
This is a good book on basic ways to use/make energy from a variety of
sources including sections on Solar, Wind, Fires, Water, Heat,
Electricity generation, Animal power, and Meditation.  This book has a
very good section on bio-fuels especially the extraction of methane from
wastes.

Stoner, Carol Hupping, ed.  Producing Your Own Power:  How to Make
Nature's Energy Sources Work For You.  Emmaus PA: Rodale Press, 1974.

     _BIOFUELS_

Automotive Engineering Publications.  Convert your car to run on alcohol
fuel.  Minneapolis, Minn. : Burgess Pub. Co., c1980.  121 p.

Brown, Michael Halsey.  Brown's Alcohol motor fuel cookbook.  Cornville,
Ariz. : Desert Publications, c1979.  vi, 140 p.

Brown, Michael Halsey.  Brown's Second alcohol fuel cookbook.  Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa. : TAB Books, 1981, 303 p.

Carley, Larry W.  How to make your own alcohol fuels / 2nd ed.  Blue
Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1981.  279 p.

Crombie, Lance.  Making alcohol fuel : recipe & procedure.  Minneapolis,
Minn. : Rutan Pub., c1979.  115, {3} p.

Drane, Keat B.  Convert your car to alcohol.  Louisville, Ky. : Love
Street Books, c1980.  60 p.

Hamn, Tom.  Moonshine motorfuel : practical fuel-alcohol handbook : how
to make it, how to use it.  Fruita, CO : T. Hamn, c1992.  81 leaves
(approx 162 p.)

Lincoln, John Ware.  Driving without gas.  Charlotte, Vt. : Garden Way
Pub., c1980.  x, 150 p.

Mathewson, Stephen W.  The manual for the home and farm production of
alcohol fuel.  Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, c1980.  xii, 208 p.

McCoy, Ozzie.  Making moonshine fuel.  Louisville, Ky. : Love Street
Books, c1981.  95 p.

The Mother earth news alcohol fuel handbook.  Hendersonville, N.C. :
Mother Earth News, c1980.  120 p.

Nellis, Micki.  Makin' it on the farm : alcohol fuel is the road to
independence.  Iredell, Tex. : American Agriculture News

Ross, James R.  Fuel alcohol, how to make it, how to use it.  New York :
St. Martin's Press, c1981.  xv, 176 p.

Stetson, Fred.  Making your own motor fuel, with home and farm alcohol
stills. Charlotte, Vt. : Garden Way Pub., c1980.  v, 186 p.

Vehicle modification for alcohol use.  Available from National Technical
Information Service, 1981.

Wortham, Jim.  Forget the gas pumps--make your own fuel.  Louisville,
Ky. : Love Street Books, c1979.  80 p.

_RADIOS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES_

Radios that Work for Free" by K.E. Edwards, published by Hope and Allen
Publishing Company, P.O. Box 926, Grants Pass, Oregon, 97526. ISBN
0-934264-02-3.

Visual Signals, Army Field Manual 21-60.  Standardized hand and
non-spoken signals.

_SURVIVAL (Short term, as opposed to GENERAL SURVIVALISM)_

Aircrew Survival, Air Force Manual 64-5, 1 Sept 85.  A pocket sized book
on immediate survival skills.

Search and Rescue - Survival Training, Air Force Regulation 64-4.  The
larger, full sized textbook for survival.

The Survival Book, by Nesbit.  Good General Survival techniques.

Survival Skills of the N. American indians by Peter Goodman

J. Wiseman, 'SAS Survival Handbook, 1986'. Despite that the book is
written by a Special Air Service survival trainer and named after SAS
(UK military elite troop), the book is purely civilian. A modern book.
Covers many situations and climate zones, and is thus a bit weak on all
(eg. winter survival).

Survival, US Army Field Manual 21-76 ??, 1970. A bit outdated. Attempts
to cover very many situations and climate zones, and is thus a bit weak
on all.

Individual operations and survival in cold weather areas' (?), US Army
Training Circular TC-??, 1986 ?. Small booklet on basic level.

K. Vainio et al. 'Miten selvian luonnossa', WSOY, 1983. 239p. Finnish.
Written by foremost Finnish survival experts and used on their survival
course. Reflects military practice. Requires some initial knowledge as
descriptions are brief. Excellent.

Handbok overlevnad, Armen, 1988. 228p. Swedish. Well illustrated,
pedagogic, Swedish mil survival handbook. Rather low initial level
required. Particularily strong on plants, well researched. Snow shelters
could be better imo. Excellent.

O. Aulio, 'Suuri retkeilykirja', Gummerus 1990. 567p. Finnish. A
hiking/wandering handbook with wide coverage. Lots of information,
including peace time survival. Some of the information has been taken
directly from other refs. possibly without evaluation by the author. No
plant usage described. Excellent.

V. Karanko, 'Pelastustoiminta vaaratilanteissa', Otava, 1976. 359p.
Finnish. Civil protection in peace, crisis and some war time situations.
Much is for organizing resque operations. Somewhat outdated. Wilderness
survival is not discussed except working of SAR. Good.

* S. Johansson, 'Spardressyr' Spektra, 1986. 224p. Swedish. Training
course for tracking dogs. Training and function of search, rapport,
protection and sled dogs are also covered briefly. Good.

                 Books with Survival Themes (Fictional)

Footfall, by Jerry Pournelle.  Alien's similar to elephants invade the
earth.  A good deal of how to survive in urban areas without the
infrastructure we would normally have.

Lucifer's Hammer, by Pournelle.  A comet strikes the earth, many
survival skills and scenes.  Also deals with canibalism.

Tunnel in the Sky, by Heinlein.  Survival in an unexpected, long term
situation.

Sixth Column, by Heinlein.  Survival after enemy invasion of the US.

Farnham's Freehold, by Heinlein.  One mans preparation and success in
surviving nuclear war.

Puling Though, by Dean Ing.  Post nuclear war scenario, Mr. Ing manages
to discuss a wide variety of pertinent survival skills.

The Stand, by Sephen King.  All reports suggest the book is better than
the miniseries on TV was, I haven't read the book, and I didn't watch
the series.  Starts out with a plague killing most people on earth,
turns supernatural towards the end.

Alas Babylon, by Pat Frank.  The first (?) survivalist book.  Nuclear
war survival in rural Florida.

No Blade of Grass, by John Christopher? A plague wipes out all food
grains over most of the earth.  People fleeing London for Wales, also
forming local alliances and groups.

The Sheep Look Up, by John Brunner.  Survival in an ecologically damaged
America.

Stand on Zanzibar, by John Brunner.  Life in an oppressive police state,
within an ecologically damaged world.

Maleville, by Robert Merle.  Post nuclear war survival in rural France.
Interesting social dramas, not too good for survival skills.

Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.  Useful for understanding the people
responsible for the problems.

Wolf & Iron, by Gordon R. Dickson.  Post economic colapse. Lone wanderer
scavanges and learns his way across several states. Finaly sets up as
blacksmith and farmer rancher.

A Canticle for Leibowitz, by  Walter M. Miller.  A fascinating book
about long-term post apocolypse story, about the value of books and
knowledge.

The Postman, by David Brin.  A great book about a traveller in the
medium - long post nuclear war environment, the establishment of local
and regional governments, and the value of a travelling postman to carry
news from one region to another.

Earth Abides by George R Steward.  Pandemic survivors find each other
and build comunities initially based on scavanging.  Inertia causes
little of predisaster technology and culture to be passed on, causing
great anguish to main charater.

Survivors by Terry Nation.  Pneumonic plauge strain spread by air travel
kills off most of the population.  Set in Great Britain, a survivor
group failing under pressure from bad weather and hostile neighbors
migrates to the south of France. Strangely enough Brits will use guns if
they can get them.

The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card.  Short stories set shortly
after a socital colapse. All stories are about Mormons or converts.

All Fools' Day by Edmund Cooper.  A new type of radation (yuk yuk)
causes most of mankind to commit suicide. The immune are 'creative
artists of all kinds, lunatics, political and reigious fanatics,
prostitutes and pathological animal lovers.' Set in Great Britain.

Harvest of Stars, by Poul Anderson:  America where political correctness
has become a religion and taken over.  One must think ahead and be on
ones toes at all times in dealing with a police state; acting experience
is a plus!

Vandenberg, by Oliver Lange.  Life in a United States occupied by Soviet
(or whatever) troops.  Frightening.

Warday and Nature's End, by Whitley Straub

The Ends of the Circle, by Paul O. Williams

Some Will Not Die, by Algis Budrys.  Post pandemic in New York City Son
of inital main char forms the "Reunification Army" to create the "Second
Republic." Guns guns and more guns and living on 20 year old canned
goods. Still not a bad story.

Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis.  Set in Britain, virtually
everyone over 19 commits suicide over a 2 year period.  A street gang
rises to the conquest of London metro area but finds it tough going in
the country when the canned good run out.

"Out of the Ashes" series by William Johnstone.  The first is excellent
on establishing attitude and the others each have a few tidbits in them.
His Tri-states concept is developing almost a cult-like following in
some areas.  Most of the later volumes are just pay copy (Is there any
other reason to write?) so you have to wade through a lot of story line
to pick out the good parts.  He writes interesting copy so it isn't a
chore.

Path to Savagery by Robert Edmund Alter.  The world after a minor
nuclear war.  The polar ice caps have melted, flooding the coast lines.
North America is suffering from a drought and millions of people are
dead.  The hero is a "loner" who avoids interacting with the tribes that
most of the survivors have joined.  He has a Thompson sub-machine gun
and the right attitude.

The Castle Keeps by Andrew J Offutt.  American life has gradually gone
to hell in a handbasket, especially in the cities.  Story of a family
that moved to a farm determined to do what it takes to survive and live
well.  My only complaint with this book is that the protagonist uses a
Colt .45 SAA instead of a M1911.    Other than this, he scenes involving
firearms are very well done.

Winters Daughter by Charles Whitmore.  Told in the style of a Norse
Saga, the life of a woman born in Africa just after a nuclear war, to
American and Norse parents. She lives in N. America and Norway, goes
down swinging in a feud in Norway in the best saga tradition.

The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker.  Bio war wipes out USA east of
Mississippi.  The story of an "immune" (all such are carrers). Canablism
is adopted by some survivors.

The day of the triffids, by John Wyndham.  A meteor shower blinds most
of the inhabitants on earth. A group of people who stil have sight fight
against flesh eating plants while the try to survive.

"Z for Zachariah" fictional account of a young woman surviving the
aftermath of a nuclear war on her parents farm.  Very weak on science.
She lives in a protected valley, and everything outside the valley is
dead.  Then one day a man shows up who invented a radiation proof suit
with a pushcart (since cars are radioactive).  She hides in the woods,
unsure of what to do.  Finally she shows herself, but not before he
drinks from a radioactive pond.  He gets sick, she helps him, he
eventualy tries to rape her, and she hides again.  It had some good
points, such as hiding her garden, geting fuel from pumps w/o
electricity, and what to do with her dog, since it could be used by the
man to find her.  (reviewer) read it in Jr High school in the school
library, so its at least 13 old, and intended for younger readers.

                       Magazines and Periodicals

American Survival Guide, McMullen & Yee Publishing, 774 South Placentia
Ave. Placentia, CA  92670  (714) 572-2255 Monthly, $26.95 / year.

Backwoods Home Magazine, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd. #213, Ashland, Or  97520
Bi-monthly, $17.95.

Back Home Magazine, Wordsworth Communications, 110 Third Ave. West,
Hendersonville, NC  28792.  Quarterly, $16.00 / year.

Home Power, P.O. Box 520, Ashland, Or  97520.  Bi-monthly, $15.00 /
year.

The Wild Foods Forum, Box 61413, Virginia Beach VA  23462.  Bimonthly,
$15/yr, $2 for sample.

                             Usenet Groups

Groups you might be interested in, besides misc.survivalism
                                             
alt.architecture - alternative building techniques
alt.engr.explosives - for more serious explosives.
alt.energy.renewable
alt.radio.scanner
misc.consumer.housing
misc.emergency-services - Emergency medical and Search and Rescue
misc.rural
rec.firearms
rec.hunting
rec.pets.dogs - for your 4-legged friends
rec.radio.* - all sorts of radios and technology
rec.radio.shortwave
rec.pyrotechnics - if you're interested in things that go boom.

               USENET FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions)

FAQ's that might be of interest.  Some parts have been incorporated
here, but many others have not.

rec.pyrotechnics
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                           Movies and Videos

The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham.  A meteor shower blinds most
of the inhabitants on earth. A group of people who stil have sight fight
against flesh eating plants while the try to survive.

Amerika - TV movie about life in the US following an invasion and
takeover by the Soviet Union.  Interesting in terms of infrastructure
that was no longer present (phone service?) and how a resistance
organization grew.

Testament

Survivors TV series - 38 Episodes based on the Book.

Red Dawn - Soviet backed forces from Nicaragua invade Colorado, high
school students form resistance movement and fight back.

Zulu - British Soldiers in Colonial Africa fight against thousands of
Zulu warriors.  Interesting in terms of command relationships.

Zulu Dawn

Alive - Movie about the survivors of a plane crash in the Andes, who
resort to canibalism.

5 Returned?  About nuclear war in the Los Angeles area.  An identifying
scene of stopping traffic on the freeway by throwing a bucket of
gasoline across it, and setting it afire.  Anyone know what the name
really is?  How about a copy?

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