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Wilderness Survival Handbook: Primitive Skills for Short-Term Survival and Long-Term Comfort Paperback – April 9, 2010

by Michael Pewtherer (Author)

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An essential guide to everything you need to stay sheltered, fed, healthy, and safe in the backcountry

Organized around the six essentials of survival (shelter, water, food, fire, comfort and health, and navigation), Wilderness Survival Handbook covers 100 skills and techniques, including preserving fire, building pit shelters, toolmaking, stoneboiling cookery, and trapping and hunting animals with handmade tools and weapons. By mastering these skills, you will be able to survive with few tools or provisions in any wilderness setting--forest, plain, desert, or tundra--in nearly any part of the world.

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Mike Pewtherer, founder of Woodland Ways, a company teaching wilderness survival and living skills to youth and adults, has been practicing and teaching wilderness living and survival skills for over 20 years. He is coauthor of Wilderness Survival: Living Off the Land with the Clothes on Your Back and the Knife on Your Belt and has taught in venues ranging from private high schools to conferences. Mike also teaches blacksmithing, tracking, woodwork, and ceramics. He has traveled widely and studied with native tribes in North America, Fiji, and Australia, and has acquired and practiced survival skills in military settings as a combat engineer, in Australia's Outback, and with various wilderness instructors across North America. He has also worked with the National Parks Service on the Wilderness Rescue Squad in numerous back-country settings, assisted on black bear studies, and worked as a hunter of feral hogs in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 9, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0071484671
ISBN-13: 978-0071484671
Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.8 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 41 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #59 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Survival Skills
- #239 in Books > Science & Math > Biological Sciences > Ecology
- #301 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Hiking & Camping > Instructional

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Robert T. M.

useful

March 19, 2013

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The "helps" in the book are NOT long-winded, but are short and to the point.
There is enough information along with the drawings to be able to try out the advice given in the book.
ONE THING IS VERY IMPORTANT. DO NOT take this book out on a trip and expect to be able to do everything in it without trying it out first. [This is advice I would give with ANY book about survival.]
You need to try out these suggestions and techniques first in "your back yard." In the wilderness when an emergency is upon you is NOT the time to try out something new.

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John T. Turner

Makes for a good read.

October 29, 2013

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Everyone has their own opinion on books like this one. Me? It taught me plenty of survival tips and techniques that I didn't know. The explanations were straight forward and easy to understand and absorb. I would hope that I never have to use most of what is in here but I sure feel more comfortable venturing into the wilderness after having read through this book and going back to specific sections that interested me. Of course, the real way to learn these techniques is to actually plan to practice a few of them each time you go backpacking, camping or maybe just on a day hike. It breaks up the monotony and when two or three of you are into doing this it's a fun way to wind down after a long (or not so long) hike.

I'd recommend this book!

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MDS

Good info and a good read

August 4, 2013

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The book has its lessons. I believe that there are few complete survival books due to the broad array of topic to cover and locations. The book covers all of the basics and a lot of the harder stuff. In his book Michael Pewtherer covers a lot of information to include, natural camouflage, movement, vision, bow drill, hand drill, making your own pottery, cordage craft, cutting tools, making baskets, and the uses of a lot of the materials naturally found whether it be from plant or animal. The book is a joy to read and I have read it many times.

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HHOMedia

Great info...

January 16, 2017

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Solid information, great diagrams, good advice. If you are a prepper or just someone who is looking to become more proficient in wilderness craft...this is a must have. Can be read and retained...or used as a reference. Good buy...

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Tamara

Very interesting for the survivalist in all of us!

July 16, 2017

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I purchased this as a gift for someone interested in this kind of thing; however, before gifting it I found myself flipping through it and found it very interesting. I'm not even someone who is actively a hobbyist in survivalism. Really great book with all sorts of different subjects included.

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Dead Mule, John

Another brick in the wall

January 20, 2013

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You know, I've read so many news articles of people stranded in hostile environments here in the U.S. where some or all die because they were unprepared mentally and physically (equipment wise). You can't rely on 911 to get you out of every situation. This handbook is an excellent start for preparing yourself for survival. It's well written with a little light humor and personal anecdotes, well researched, and does not claim to be the one and only book you need. The author even encourages readers to read other sources and gather as much information as possible because chances are information may be the only tool available when the hammer drops and you're stuck in a survival situation. Ya just don't know. So read this book and as many others as you consider worthwhile and don't complain because it doesn't do your thinking for you. Read up, practice the skills before you need them and best of all, live to tell the tale.

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Karen

I bought this book as a gift for my 12 ...

May 28, 2016

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I bought this book as a gift for my 12 year old son who is interested in outdoor and survival skills. It covers all the basics in a straighforward and engaging manner. The book has barely left his side since as I gave it to him.

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Survival!

July 15, 2014

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If you ever need to survive in the wilderness or make it through a natural or manmade emergency, here's the almost definitive guidebook. From arctic cold to jungle heat and every environment in between, you'll be thankful for these helpful survival tips should you ever need them.

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