Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival


Here, in one essential volume, are the basics of wilderness survival. The most ancient and important skills, preserved for generations, are presented in a simple, easy-to-use format with clear illustrations and instructions. A complete must-have companion to the great outdoors. * How to build natural shelters in plains, woods, or deserts
* How to get safe drinking water from plants, trees, the sun, or Earth Herself
* How to make fire without matches and maintain it in any wea

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    Anonymous
    214 of 237 people found the following review helpful
    2.0 out of 5 stars
    Good stories, meager knowledge, January 18, 2000
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival (Paperback)
    Tom Brown is a charismatic, inspiring story teller…one of the best. But if you are interested in learning these skills, you’d be much better off with McPherson’s “Naked into the Wilderness” or “Bushcraft” by Mors Kochanski or Larry Dean Olsen’s “Outdoor Survival Skills”. For hide tanning (brain tanning) check out “Deerskins into Buckskins” by Matt Richards, tracking try “Mammal Tracking in North America” by James Halfpenny. Just about any edible plant guide will out do this book.
    Tom has inspired more people’s interest in wilderness living/survival, and for that he deserves kudos. His most inspirational reading is “The Tracker”. Get it and it will change your life. But if you want to actually learn the skills, you’re better off elsewhere.

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    Anonymous
    71 of 79 people found the following review helpful
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    A unique experience, January 11, 2004
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival (Paperback)
    I have read most of Tom’s books, some of them repeatedly, and attended two of his survival classes. My experience says that Tom is an unusual person, who writes unusual books, based on his unusual life. Tom told us in one class that he estimates that from the time he met Stalking Wolf up through high school age, he spent an average of 40 hours a week in the woods. In his classes and books he attempts to teach not only specific skills but also a way of life, attitudes, and as much as he can of actual experience rather than descriptions ABOUT experiences. This is a tall order for any teacher.
    This book is about skills which Tom has used to live year round and in all sorts of weather from Canada to Death Valley, wilderness to the heart of New York City. They do work. However, keep in mind that it is impossible to teach skills – actual experience – through a book. And keep in mind that Tom was taught, and teaches himself, in a manner which expects the student to question, investigate, experiment, discover, and learn on h/is/er own. He would consider anything else a cheap way of cheating the student. If you can approach the contents of this book, and his others, in this spirit, you will have enough here to learn from for many years.

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    Anonymous
    49 of 55 people found the following review helpful
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    Not as good as its cracked up to be, September 27, 1998
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival (Paperback)
    I’ve read all of Tom’s books, and he is one awesome story-teller, but when it comes to teaching hands-on skills…well he’s really just ok. I’ve been teaching primitive wilderness living skills for years, and there are quite a few topics in this book that his treatment and understanding of, are less than satisfactory.
    Get Tom’s book The Tracker from amazon.com, to experience him at his best. For better survival skills info get Primitive Wilderness Living by John McPherson, or Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen.

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