How to Die in the Outdoors: 100 Interesting Ways (Paperback)

by Buck Tilton (Author), Brian Thomas (Illustrator)
Key Phrases: screwworm fly, cane toad, bite site, United States, South America, First Century (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: ICS Books (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570340196
• ISBN-13: 978-1570340192
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #429,105 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Morbidly funny, breezy, yet highly educational, February 26, 2000

By A Customer

This book tells you about all the dangers in the great outdoors and how you could possibly get sick and die from them. It describes in graphic detail all the symptoms you will experience from everything from jellyfish stings to polar bear attacks to tse-tse fly bites. For the morbidly curious, the book spares no gorey detail about diarrhea, vomiting, cramps, drooling, bleeding, and convulsing. In a very straight forward style and easy to understand terms, Tilton brings you specific information on these potentially dangerous plants and critters of the wilderness. He doesn't get bogged down in too much science, yet gives you just enough information to laugh, learn, and hopefully avoid the pitfalls contained in this hilarious yet educational tome. All learning should be this much fun.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Avoid getting bitten, stomped on or stung, and don't eat wild mushrooms!, August 9, 2007

By	T. Faranda "Tom Faranda" (Croton, NY USA) - See all my reviews

I read this short (110 pages), tongue in cheek book, because the author, Buck Tilton, had written an excellent short book on first aid in the wilderness, "Backcountry First Aid". So since the reviews on Amazon for this book were pretty good, I decided to give it a read.

The best that can be said about it, is that it is a very quick read, and it is mildly amusing. Tilton devotes a page and a couple of hundred words to 100 different outdoor menaces, from Cape Buffalo, and various sharks, to varieties of parasites and stinging insects. And he offers some basic advice, like avoid getting stepped on by rhinos, don't eat mushrooms in the wild, that sort of stuff. Each entry begins and ends with a witty aphorism or pithy statement.

The book is OK, but as a genuine guide to avoiding outdoor dangers, has nothing particular to offer.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Funny!, July 27, 2007

By	ClaU (Tampa, FL USA) - See all my reviews

As an active outdoorsy girl, I have read this book many times. This is a funny way of explaining dangers in the outdoors for anybody that is interested. Very realistic and quite helpful! GREAT BOOK!