Subject: Re: Recommendation of a good Survival Book?

From: [email-masked] (Chester Bateman)
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 95 18:44:17 EST

I would include John Wiseman's "THE SAS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK".  He does an 
excellent job at communicating his 26yrs of teaching outdoor survival at 
the Special Air Service organization.  The text includes quality 
illustrations and common sense.  I would also include in your library an 
Urban Survival Book.  I think John has also written on this topic.

I would like to know of an excellent book on urban survival -- any 
comments?

Chet
Oregon

In article <[email-masked]>, 
[email-masked] says...
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>
>Depending on your definition of survival, the following is an excellent 
>resource:
>
>Practical Outdoor Survival, by Len McDougall
>
>Excerpt from the back:
>
>Here is a thoroughly practical, "hands on" guide to wilderness survival 
>by a teacher of survival procedures who has used these techniques 
himself 
>in genuine survival situations.  Most guides to wilderness survival 
>assume that one wants--or needs--to live like the 19th century mountain 
>men, lacking modern technology and materials.  Len McDougall disagrees. 
 
>Using modern materials (e.g. space blanket) the modern survivalist has 
>better means to live unscathed in the wilderness than anyone in ages 
past.
>
>Covered here are complete instructions for assembling the basic survival 
>kit, constructing shelters of all kinds and in varying weather and 
>terrain, obtaining food and water, rescue strategies, compass use, 
>fishing and hunting with emergency gear, and much, much more.
>
>----------------------
>
>I would highly recommend this book to anyone even remotely interested in 
>survival.  It is published by Lyons & Burford Publishers, 31 W 21 St. 
New 
>York, NY 10010.

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From: [email-masked] (Nadir A. El Farra)
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 20:27:48 GMT

Chester Bateman ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I would include John Wiseman's "THE SAS SURVIVAL HANDBOOK".  He does an 
: excellent job at communicating his 26yrs of teaching outdoor survival at 
: the Special Air Service organization.  The text includes quality 
: illustrations and common sense.  I would also include in your library an 
: Urban Survival Book.  I think John has also written on this topic.

Have to agree - this is a great book.  I recommend the 'Collins  Gem' 
edition (not available from US distributors - call around in Canada) as 
it contains 100% of the info and graphics from the large format book in a 
2.5" x 4" (approx.) format - much easier to take along when you travel. 

: I would like to know of an excellent book on urban survival -- any 
: comments?

sadly, I wasn't as impressed with Wiseman's effort on Urban Survival.

-Nadir
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