Paperback Hiking & Camping Books

This book is great. It tells you basic needs for survival like how to find water, make shelter and purify water. It is just a great book. If you frequently travel to different places like jungles or forests and you want to know how to survive in...
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When I first found out about a book written by a SAS-specialist,Iwas thrilled;this must be the state-of-the-art,The legendary SAS!After reading the chapters of special interest-hunting,firelighting etc.,I came away baffled:for instance,the...
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This book has a lot of helpful survival tips which hopefully you would never actually need, but it is interesting to read. If you like to spend a few days out "living off the land" this book can give you some help. I was a bit surprised by the...
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I purchased this book and later had to buy 3 more for friends and family that were impressed by it too. it is truly a wealth of information. we have used it for many projects. sometimes i go to the book when i have a question sometimes i pick up...
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A huge compendium of information from animal husbandry to construction and crafts to gardening...even how to recipes. That's the good news. I have great admiration for Storey Books and own many of their products. This book, however, is not up...
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I agree with a lot of the reviewers that the print is small. But this book is packed with tons of info about country living. After having lived in the city for years we now live in the country and have found a lot of helpful hints. It's divided...
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Well written and gave me most info that was easy to follow. If you are starting out and want to have an educated start. Buy this book.
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I didn't receive it because Amazon refused to ship UPS or USPS and insisted on using DHL, Whom does not deliver to my residence
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We bought the book because we had never heard of geocaching until we stumbled upon it on the internet. It has a lot of useful information to get you started. We have gone out a couple of times so far and have enjoyed the hunt. Some of the info in...
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Learn how to navigate in the woods with this guide to the compass. All boy scouts will love these tips. This is the most comprehensive guide of its kind.
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I think the few pages of map/compass reading, undestanding and wilderness orienteering pale in comparison to all the games, gatherings and contests the author discusses.

For the price, vastly overrated, over priced.

I was...
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Gregory Davenport's book on survival provides an excellent high-level overview of outdoor survival. Though I would not trust my ability to survive having only read this book it gave me an idea of what would be required to not perish in the...
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While the author does go into detail about numerous topics and informs the reader about what is necessary to survive. What I think the books lacks is the detail necessary on all of the major topics. An example would be that he describes how to...
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This book provides alot of useful information, however I believe the author assumes a bit much as to what,if any, materials you would have on hand if your were lost. Alot of the information provided in the book on how to construct animal snares,...
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It is impossible to teach people "How to Stay Alive in The Woods" in one book -- especially one that is as small as this one. But Angier does a very good job of covering some of the fundamentals and pointing you to areas that will later need...
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I've read all his survival books, and they are all pretty much the same. Besides being redundant, he's a poor writer, so his writing is often difficult to understand.

Aside from that, the book has some merit. It contains many tidbits of...
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First off, it's important for the potential buyer to realize that this book was written in the 1950's.


This is a handy book - if you already have some experience with the out-of-doors. The author assumes some familiarity with...
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This guide is different. It doesn't try to sell you the island. It lays it all out intelligently, just like you're going to a place for the first time and taking a drive. We found it to have the largest selection of hikes (153). They list 73...
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This book is a must have for anybody who enjoys the outdoors and is invaluable to people in leadership positions who want to share their passion with others.

This book has valuable information for the person who is far from a rookie...
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This book is crammed full of information on a wide variety of backpacking topics, from weather forcasting to group dynamics, however it goes into very limited detail about each one.
It is in my oppinion a good resource for the...
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This book makes me think of the Little Rascals! It has great activities from a time that has all but disappeared. A time when kids played outside from sunup to sundown and created their own world of imaginative play. The only note of caution I...
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