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Wilderness Survival

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Do you have what it takes?

You’re alone in the wilderness with nothing but a knife and the clothes on your back. Will you survive? Do you have the skills to feed, clothe, and protect yourself? Mark Elbroch, a master tracker, and Mike Pewtherer, a woodland skills educator, put those questions to the test when they embarked on a 46-day, unprovisioned, unequipped journey into the dense wilderness of the northeastern United States.

Wilderness Survival is their highly practical and uniquely observant introduction to survival in the deep woods. Mark and Mike tested generally accepted truths, questioned conventional solutions, and distilled the best techniques for making fire, obtaining shelter, finding water, and hunting with primitive weapons. They give you:

• A life-saving handbook of survival skills that explores man's place in the natural world

• The secret to surviving in the wilderness as part of nature—not its adversary

• Explanations of more than 30 wilderness survival skills, including hunting and gathering food, fashioning tools, and preserving and storing food

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16 Reviews

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From: Amazon Posted: May 01, 2008 Type: User Review

Great intro!

I really enjoyed this. Mostly very good explanations of some survival techniques well-placed among the story of his summer in the woods in New England. This is not a comprehensive handbook, but a very nice, easy to read, introduction. Some of...
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4.00/5

From: Amazon Posted: Apr 13, 2008 Type: User Review

Worth reading!

I highly reccomend this book. Some have said the title is misleading and that the book isn't about survival, but what is the most important part of survival? Attitude! And this book helps you to think about that attitude and what it means. The...
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5.00/5

From: Amazon Posted: Nov 29, 2007 Type: User Review

Putting it all Together

I very much enjoyed this book. The simple description is that it's a journal of a few guys who wanted to put all the individual skills of survival together and see how they fared. The skills section is not a list of every survival skill, but a...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 19, 2007 Type: User Review

Wilderness Survival or Shame?

The title is what made me order this book. I wanted to hone my own survival skills that I'd gathered over the years, and the context of a story rather than a guide was quit appealing. Unfortunately what I found was of little value. I must say the...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 11, 2007 Type: User Review

Good Philosophy - Not so Good Advice

This book should be read more for its musings on man's place in modern society and his relationship to the land. In this sense the first-person accounts are very good and unique to this style of writing -- one does wonder what it would be like to...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 10, 2007 Type: User Review

Good Philosophy - Not so Good Advice

As a person who has been camping outside since he was eight in all types of weather, I found this book strange and interesting. Interesting in the intellectual sense of the term -- here are two city slickers in middle life getting the wilderness...
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From: Amazon Posted: Sep 25, 2007 Type: User Review

An Authentic Account

I really enjoyed reading this book. Some of the transformations that Mark went through, and insights he shared, during his 46 day wilderness survival experience will always stick with me. I got the feeling he was trying to be as honest as anyone...
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 17, 2007 Type: User Review

Great Book, Great Story

This is a great book that tells a great story of wilderness survival. Mark has some of the best field guides and this book can be added right along side those. Being that this is told from first person makes it that much more intersting. Anyone...
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 09, 2007 Type: User Review

An easy and educational read

A first hand personal account of living off the land. This book captivated me more than any spy novel.
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From: Amazon Posted: Aug 03, 2007 Type: User Review

Worth the read

I enjoyed reading Wilderness Survival by Elbroch. He writes in an style that is easy to follow and fun to read. If you like to camp at all, I'd certainly recommend reading the book.
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