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" Basic wilderness survival skills : "
Bradford Angier; edited by Lamar Underwood.
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BL
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801282
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b621345
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Bradford Angier; edited by Lamar Underwood.
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Basic wilderness survival skills : : build shelters, safety and first aid, fire building, forage, hunt, and fish, and much more\ Bradford Angier; edited by Lamar Underwood.
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Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, ©2002.
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xxiv, 440 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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1585742260
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: 9781585742264
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This volume combines three earlier books, all published by Stackpole Books: Skills for taming the wilds, 1967. The master backwoodsman, 1978. Bradford Angier's Backcountry basics, 1983.
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Foreword / Lamar Underwood --; Introduction: Call of the trail --; Some basics: Skills, tools, gear --; Using the woodsman's basic tools --; Backpacking basics --; Outfitting for the outdoors --; All-important survival essentials: Fire, shelter, water --; Fire and firemaking --; Shelter --; Water: Essence of life --; Staying found: Knowing where you are and how to get back to civilization --; Always knowing where you are --; Getting out and getting help --; Weather or not: Nature's weather signs and coping with extremes --; Learning nature's weather signs --; Coping with heat and cold --; Canoe trips and pack trains: Wilderness travel on your own --; Paddling your own canoe --; Handling your own pack train --; Survival skills: Finding food and being your own doctor --; Down to nothing: Finding food when you're desperate --; Wilderness doctor: You! --; Let nature set the table --; Tips and tricks for great wilderness cooking --; Wilderness cooking: Skills, tools, recipes --; --; Basic wilderness cooking recipes --; Preparing and cooking fish and game --; Your wilderness home --; --; Building a cabin --; Index.
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A guide to wilderness survival that provides essential information on tools, backpacking basics, gear, safety and first aid, building a fire, learning weather signs, foraging, building shelters, and other related topics.
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Outdoor life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Outdoor life.
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Wilderness survival -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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GV200.56B733 2002
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Bradford Angier
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Lamar Underwood
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