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The Survivor Manual: An Official Book of the Hit CBS Television Show

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This is an awesome book. I am 15 and have read EVERY Survivor book. This book is NOT about the television show. Yes, it is endorsed by the television series and all but it is a life saving book. This is similar to the Boy Scout Handbook but with a Survivor twist. Mark Burnett ONLY wrote the introduction, he did not write the WHOLE book. Another thing that this has is illustrations of what you need to do to survive. This is a great book if you are planning on camping any time soon because something could go wrong and at your fingertips you have ALL the resources you need to survive. I totally recommend this if you camp. But if you are a couch potato and don't plan on leaving any time soon you really don't need this book. Unless you are going to choke on a potatoe chip, then you can read the section on Choking and the Heimlich. I know I didn't spell that right. But this book is a great edition to the survivor fans library. Buy It!

This manual was poorly edited from an out-dated version of the U.S. Army Survival Manual. The more updated version is available on Amazon.com or free in PDF format from various online sources (it is public information ya know). The editors of this "survivor manual" even forgot to modify or take out such sections as those that were meant solely for use by US army paratroopers. For example: in the Nuclear Attack section it keeps refering to "when you arrive on the ground." I kept wondering, what the heck does that mean?? Until I found the text describing how to flick fallout ash off your parachute. . . where the heck is a civilian gonna get a parachute??

Granted, there are some "value-added" features some civilians might like to know, but other than that, you are better advised to purchase the more updated US Army Survival Manual FM21-76 or find the more recently declassified version free online. No, I won't tell you where to get it for free, I think it'd be unfair to Amazon.com. Besides, it'll cost you just as much to print it out for a hard copy as it does to just buy it.