The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Warmth, Light, Cooking, and Survival (Paperback)

by Buck Tilton (Author)

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To build a fire, feel heat, smell smoke, hear snaps and groans, watch flames dance, and gaze into glowing coals is the ultimate outdoor comfort. A campfire gives warmth, sheds light, dries clothes, calms fears, and draws a day in the outdoors to a pleasant close.

In addition to the comforts of a campfire, a life may often hang in the balance. When a campfire becomes a matter of life or death, there is no room for error. The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Cooking, Warmth, Light, and Survival provides the knowledge and fosters the confidence to successfully stay alive.

With a focus on safety and the integrity of the outdoors, The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Cooking, Warmth, Light, and Survival initiates the novice as well as informs the experienced. Integrating the history, ecology, and science of fire with practical aspects of campfires such as cooking and warmth, author Buck Tilton has created the ultimate guide to properly building, enjoying, and extinguishing campfires.

About the Author

Buck Tilton began camping with his Dad and as a Boy Scout in the southeastern U.S. He is the co-founder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS and has been awarded the Paul Petzoldt Award for Excellence in Wilderness Education. An award-winning author, he has more than fifteen books currently in print. He is a resident of Lander, Wyoming.

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Product Details Paperback: 112 pages Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (August 10, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 0897326334 ISBN-13: 978-0897326339 Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #947,321 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 2.0 out of 5 stars Coverage too broad and shallow, November 15, 2007 By  T. Rogers "human extraordinaire" (Bay area, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    The book is short and covers a lot of topics: The history of fire, its chemistry, how to make a fire, specifics about wood, ethics of building fires, fire for survival purposes, cooking by fire, information about wild fires and finally information about burns. The chapter about building a fire (26 pages) is pretty well done. A lot of it is common-sense, but there are a few ideas and illustrations to deepen ones understanding of how to make the fire you intend. Aside from that chapter and the -- in my opinion -- worthless 16 page chapter about cooking over fire, every other chapter is 10 pages or less. This is COUNTING each chapter's header page which consists of the title and a quote relating to the concept. Add in illustrations and the not-particularly-small print size and you blow through 4 chapters before you realize you've learned nothing you didn't already know. I do find it enlightening to see the ethics of fire covered in this book, but it felt overly repetitious and preachy by the time you get half-way through with the book. Rest assured -- you still get preached to all the way till the end. If you are interested in fire enough to want to read a book about it, you probably know 90% of what is in this book. I don't want to belabor the negatives, but know this: I have never felt the need to review a book until this one. 2.0 out of 5 stars not overly impressed, December 31, 2008 By  ED MIRANDA (Matawan, NJ United States) - See all my reviews I was hoping for a book that would deal with building fires in various adverse conditions. What do you do if you've been stuck in a downpour and this is the 3rd day of it? How do you build a fire in various snow and ice conditions? How do you build a fire if you are hurt and only have the use of one arm or if frostbite has set in? The primitive fire starting chapter was nice but really didn't show me anything I wasn't already aware of. There was a great table of woods and how well they burn but no information on identifying the trees themselves. (Pictures / descriptions would have been really helpful here...) Over all I found the book wanting.		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press; 1st edition (August 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897326334
• ISBN-13: 978-0897326339
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #947,321 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Coverage too broad and shallow, November 15, 2007

By	T. Rogers "human extraordinaire" (Bay area, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The book is short and covers a lot of topics: The history of fire, its chemistry, how to make a fire, specifics about wood, ethics of building fires, fire for survival purposes, cooking by fire, information about wild fires and finally information about burns.

The chapter about building a fire (26 pages) is pretty well done. A lot of it is common-sense, but there are a few ideas and illustrations to deepen ones understanding of how to make the fire you intend.

Aside from that chapter and the -- in my opinion -- worthless 16 page chapter about cooking over fire, every other chapter is 10 pages or less. This is COUNTING each chapter's header page which consists of the title and a quote relating to the concept. Add in illustrations and the not-particularly-small print size and you blow through 4 chapters before you realize you've learned nothing you didn't already know.

I do find it enlightening to see the ethics of fire covered in this book, but it felt overly repetitious and preachy by the time you get half-way through with the book. Rest assured -- you still get preached to all the way till the end.

If you are interested in fire enough to want to read a book about it, you probably know 90% of what is in this book. I don't want to belabor the negatives, but know this: I have never felt the need to review a book until this one.

2.0 out of 5 stars not overly impressed, December 31, 2008

By	ED MIRANDA (Matawan, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

I was hoping for a book that would deal with building fires in various adverse conditions.

What do you do if you've been stuck in a downpour and this is the 3rd day of it? How do you build a fire in various snow and ice conditions? How do you build a fire if you are hurt and only have the use of one arm or if frostbite has set in?

The primitive fire starting chapter was nice but really didn't show me anything I wasn't already aware of.
There was a great table of woods and how well they burn but no information on identifying the trees themselves. (Pictures / descriptions would have been really helpful here...)

Over all I found the book wanting.