Customer Reviews

The Official Urban and Wilderness Emergency Survival Guide

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This book contains excellent sections on edible plants and medical plants. Its medical section goes well beyond that found in most first aid books. It correctly assumes that paramedics and doctors are not a phone call away. It also provides information on starting fires, cooking, building emergency shelter, water, snaring and simple crude traps, fishing, preparing game, backpacking, hygiene, and much other useful information. Information is presented concisely. The book is well illustrated with line type drawings -- no photographs or colored pictures. If you do not already have this type of information, this book would be a good buy.

Now for the deficiencies. It lacks information on weaponry (guns, knives, improvise, etc.) or self-defense (with and without weapons). Both are essential to survival, especially for urban survival. It has no information on surviving roaming hordes, which is highly important in an urban survival situation.

The book does have a chapter on evasion. This type of information is missing from most wilderness survival books, which assume that you want to be found. However, his evasion information is for a rural or wilderness setting. He does not cover evasion for an urban setting.

The title claims that it is an urban survival guide. Although much of the information presented can be used in an urban setting, they are really mostly useful in a rural or wilderness setting. An urban survival guide should include information on surviving societal breakdown, riots, curfews, martial law, police state tactics, intermitting and erratic utilities, etc.

It also fails to explain or provide tips on washing oneself, clothing, dishes, etc. with highly limited amounts of water, which was common knowledge before running water

Because of its size, this is not a book to carry in the backpack. For a car camper, carrying this book along may be beneficial. It seems to me that it is a book to use at home if a survival type situation arises and to help prepare for a survival situation.

We camp a lot and I was looking for a book that would help me in an emergency if one of my family members would get injured. This book contains supply lists and emergency procedures that could save a life before you can get help. I also had a lot of other interesting information how to projects etc. I would highly encourage you purchase this book.

Cindi from Missouri

This is a must for every home. Great compilation of information from a variety of sources. Some illustrations are dated and bad quality. Still useful for everyone.

Nothing new here. This is more or less a copy of military TM and FM publications on survival. This information is at times out of date. The illustrations are poor. I was very disapointed.

This book features solid survival information with some unique tips but the illustrations only resemble pixelclouds. The guy responsible for the repro obviously did a bad job! Fortunately most pictures are copied from other military and survival manuals you might already own. The content I think is still worth buying the book.