Camping & Wilderness Survival (Paperback)

~ Paul Tawrell (Author)

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Product Description

Everything you need to know, and more, can be found in this ultimate outdoor book! This is the MOST thorough book available to assist you in acquiring skills to enjoy the adventures of the outdoors. With over 3600 illustrations and pages of information, it tells you how to travel, make a camp, understand your environment, and choose equipment. In the case of an emergency it will help you find water, food, shelter from the weather, and care for yourself if you are sick or injured. Topics such as signals, animals, and weather; applied specifically to such special activities as summer hiking, desert travel, water travel and car travel. Learn individual skills such as maps and compass, first aid and mountain climbing. Ensure a lifetime of outdoor enjoyment by building a foundation of knowledge. This is a book that can be enjoyed by the entire family. Camping & Wilderness Survival is "the fullest and finest work in the field". You won't find a more complete guide in today's market. Prior preparation warrants enjoyable adventures in the outdoors!

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Everything you need to know, and more, can be found in this ultimate outdoor book! This is the MOST thorough book available to assist you in acquiring skills to enjoy the adventures of the outdoors. With over 3600 illustrations and pages of information, it tells you how to travel, make a camp, understand your environment, and choose equipment. In the case of an emergency it will help you find water, food, shelter from the weather, and care for yourself if you are sick or injured. Topics such as signals, animals, and weather; applied specifically to such special activities as summer hiking, desert travel, water travel and car travel. Learn individual skills such as maps and compass, first aid and mountain climbing. Ensure a lifetime of outdoor enjoyment by building a foundation of knowledge. This is a book that can be enjoyed by the entire family. Camping & Wilderness Survival is 'the fullest and finest work in the field'. You won't find a more complete guide in today's market. Prior preparation warrants enjoyable adventures in the outdoors!

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Falcon Distribution; 1st edition (January 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1896713009
• ISBN-13: 978-1896713007
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #70,029 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing book, December 31, 1999

By A Customer

I found "Camping & Wilderness Survival" rather less useful than other outdoor guides I have seen. The author includes so much material, much of it unnecessary, that the reader is overwhelmed with detail.

Furthermore, some of the information is just wrong, or completely useless. For example, the author claims that a needle can be magnetized by stroking it in one direction with a piece of silk; this notion confuses electrostatic effects with magnetic effects.

Under the heading "Starting fire without matches", we are told to "place a lit candle below a teepee of kindling" to start a fire. Then the candle is to be removed and extinguished for future use! (How did the candle get lit in the first place?)

To find the height of a tree, the reader is told to bend over, facing away from the tree, look at the tree through his legs, and move away until the top of the tree can be seen ; then the height of the tree is equal to the horizontal distance between the observer and the tree, because "the angle when looking through your legs is 45 degrees."

The book could have used better editing and proof- reading; on every page the reader will find spelling and grammatical errors. In fact, I found this feature to be more irritating after a while than the occasional factual errors.

The book would be an interesting addition to one's library, for reference purposes, but it is far too lengthy (350 pages) and heavy for routine use in the outdoors.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Helpful Guide to Survival, June 29, 1999

By A Customer

Teaches survival skills. Basic survival like how to use a compass. To Building a survival shelter and how to tie good Knots. Basic First Aid. It also teaches you to identify trees,birds,and plants.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, August 13, 2000

By A Customer

This large text is so cluttered with unorganized information that I found it very hard to find useful tidbits. In addition, the author should have checked his refrences closer. Perhaps then he wouldn't have included mythical or incorrect information (see previous post for some examples).

If you want a good book on how to survive in the wilderness check out Gregory J. Davenport's book "Wilderness Survival" or Frank and John Craighead's book "How to Survive on Land and Sea".