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Collins Gem S.A.S. Survival Guide

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This book has to be the best survival guide available aside from the original full-size version, both of which I own and find invaluable. Lofty Wiseman answers all survival questions clearly and thoroughly in this guide, and due to it's compact size (about the same dimentions as my wallet), it has earned a place in my knapsack/ backpack/ carry-on bag anytime I travel. Aside from a knife and matches, this is THE MOST ESSENTIAL piece of survival gear one can own. Highly Recommended!

The book is thin but does not lack in content. It has a comprehensive coverage on almost everything and could guide you to survival in the wild. The book is a pocket guide and it's good buy. Get it today

There is lots to love about this book: its tiny size, the quality printing and illustrations, and the first-rate outdoor living information throughout. It uses color especially well in the plant and insect identification section. It's loaded with improvisational survival tips. For example, I palm sap from young stalks is an easy source of essential water and sugar; a baited cloth bag can catch eels unattended overnight. One nit: the tome lacks an index, and given it's 380 pages, one is definitely needed. Still, I give it five stars and consider this book essential for any outdoors person.

I am surprised that an excellent book such as this lags behind the "trash" survival books such as the "worst case" series. Just goes to show that the smart people don't automatically go for the best sellers. Another excellent, 5-star, survival book is the U.S. Army Survival Manual.

Outstanding in price, size, and content. Few books have been more useful to me, or resourceful. Really it covers every possible situation, and because of the afore mentioned size, it can go just about everywhere with you. Campers, survivalists, anti-governmental extremists, wanna be hunters and gatherers will all find this little baby an amazing repository of highly useful and to the point information. This thing even covers emergency childbirth for crying out loud! How can you go wrong? So while other suckers are starving to death, dying of thirst, or being eaten by sharks, you'll be relaxing and thinking about what you're going to do when you get home. Brilliant.

Next to the U.S. Army Survival, this is the best. It is small enough to fit in your pocket, kit or glovebox, but is packed with nearly as much info as the large versions. Not filled with useless narrative like tom brown's books. Designed for ease of use and reference. Buy a couple!

With store shelves overloaded by "SAS" books it's unfortunate that this little, uh, Gem can be lost in that crowd. The original format was more like a coffee table book, but for practical purposes this chunky, compact edition is not only the most convenient of those available, it is also arguably the best on the market.
The manual itself is comprehensive, clearly written and with clear (if sometimes limited) illustrations, including a useful colour section; and here the colour is used for more than mere decoration as it provides essential additional information in identifying plants and animals. There is no philosophical description here, little room for the romance of the wild or the ethics of surviving. Instead, "Lofty" Wiseman's guide is a direct parcel of solid information aimed solely at keeping you alive in the worst of situations. Campers and outdoorsmen will find some interesting and useful sections here, but it requires a degree of knowledge and experience to sift them from those which simply must not be used outside of an emergency. This is a fascinating book to dip into, and doubtless most purchasers treat it as such, but it is also an exceptionally effective, reliable and well-crafted source of possibly vital information.

Such a little book and so much information! No matter how sedate a life you lead you will find some knowledge in this book that will come in handy. Everyone should have a copy.

This is the finest source of knowledge in the smallest package i have found to date. It covers a large variety of situations, and it gives it to you in easy to understand terminology. I read the book just for the pleasure of it. I own this small version and the full size version. I recommend buying them both. Worth every shiny cent. Thanks much

I've had this book for a few years now and have read it over and over again. The information is amazing. There's not a topic that Wiseman doesn't cover or at least touch on.
Not only is it small, it's tough too. It's been on every camping trip, hike, deployment and just about every other trip with me for the past three years and it's still in great shape.
Friends of mine that could have cared less about a suvival book have read mine on airplane rides and afterwards went and bought thier own.
You can't go wrong