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BL
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740523
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b560468
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| Main Entry
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Rich Johnson.
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Rich Johnson's guide to wilderness survival : : how to avoid trouble and how to live through the trouble you can't avoid\ Rich Johnson.
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| Publication Statement
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New York : McGraw Hill, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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McGraw Hill professional.
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| ISBN
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0071588345
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: 9780071588348
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| Notes
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Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 15, 2008).Includes index.
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| Contents
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Cover --; Copyright --; Dedication --; Contents --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 Survival Strategy --; It's All in Your Head: The Psychology of Survival --; Assessing the Situation --; Setting Priorities --; Survival Is in the Details --; Basic Survival Strategies --; Stay or Go? --; 2 Surviving the Elements --; The Shelter You Wear --; The Shelter You Carry --; The Shelter You Make --; Wet-Weather Survival --; Surviving Cold Weather --; Surviving Hot Weather --; 3 Fire --; Types of Fires --; Building a Fire --; Fire Without Matches --; Fire Starters --; Campfire Lessons --; Don't Set the World on Fire --; 4 Water --; Water Purification --; Solar Still and Other Water Collection Methods --; Water Capture --; Dig a Hole --; Water Pockets --; 5 Food --; Become a Hunter-Gatherer --; Trail Snacks --; Food Safety: Bears, Bacteria, and More --; 6 Signaling --; Visible Signals --; Audible Signals --; Electronic Signals --; 7 Medical Emergencies --; Hypothermia: Death from the Inside --; Frostbite: Death on the Outside --; Surviving Cold-Water Immersion --; Hot-Weather Injury --; Stop the Bleeding! --; Sprains and Breaks --; Altitude Sickness --; Heart Attack --; Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer --; 8 Navigation --; The Art of Not Getting Lost --; Finding Your Way Without a Compass --; Map and Compass --; Rules of Land Navigation --; Crossing Water --; 9 Equipment --; Survival Kits --; For the Vehicle --; Proficiency --; The Survival Knife --; Ropes and Knots --; Stoves: A Step Up from Campfire Cooking --; 10 Wildlife --; Rules Regarding Baby Animals --; Rules Regarding Small Animals --; Rules Regarding Big Animals --; Venomous Critters --; Your Animal Attitude --; 11 Weather --; Lightning Safety --; Flash Flood --; Epilogue --; Index.
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Outdoor recreation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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REFERENCE.
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Wilderness survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| LC Classification
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GV200.5R534 2009
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Rich Johnson
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| Parallel Title
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Guide to wilderness survival; Guide to wilderness survival
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