Best Survival Prep Books?
 

While a lot is best learned through practice, it's often good to have books outlining different ways of going about things when it comes to survival prep.

There's been a lot of homesteading over the last few hundred years-- surely there are some good titles to choose from.

Any recommendations?

If you had a library of books that were just about survival related topics, what would be on the shelf?

What would be your "go to" book?

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I like the Foxfire books, Army Survival Manual, a Merk Medical Manual would be nice to have around, Where There Is No Doctor, Where There Is No Dentist, just to name a few.

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I agree. The Foxfire books are great!

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Boy Scout handbook--Trail Tested for decades

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"The Encylopedia of Country Living" by Emery as the first book.

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This is a pretty good book when it comes to survival prepardness. I think common sense is also important.
Katie

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Bad Times Primer

Before TSHTF

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Thanks guys!

I ended up going with 6 or so books. I couldn't find a copy of Bad Times Primer, but I grabbed pretty much everything else recommended in this thread as well as a few others.

I'm also assembling a bunch of online articles and whatnot to print out in case I can't access the electronic version. The (not overtly) Mormon site, http://www.endtimesreport.com/ rocks (though I'm not a Mormon).

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Would you be referring to this one?
Bad Times Primer: A Complete Guide to Survival on a Budget (Paperback)
by C. G. Cobb

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You might try the Tom Brown guides. He has "survival" and tracking, trapping, etc, but his focus isn't blowing a tin whistle waiting for the helicopters to save you, but how to set up more or less forever, one step at a time. These skills also focus on having exactly --zero-- gear ahead of time.

It's all about the information. Drop an apache traditionalist naked into his environment and in 5 days he'd have everything he needed. That's survival, not stockpiling limited food and breakable production goods.

The other would be a book on edible wild plants for your area. I've recommended "Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide" by Elias/Dykeman before, but your area may have specific guides.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080...e=UTF8&s=books

This one is somewhat better than the Peterson's because like Rhubarb, asparagus, etc, there may be a specific time you can't eat it, or a specific part or preparation, and they mention this, although it's very limited.

TS

The Best Survival Gear is what's in your head!!

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Thanks, adding a few of Mr. Brown's books to my order as well as the edible wild plants (I'm located in TX).

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This is just a bump because someone expressed some interest in a thread on good books and this one could stand to be more fleshed out. Worthy subject.

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1 realy usefull small handbook I realy like is Stay Alive by Maurice Dunlevy
best for Aussie wilderness survival conditions

US airforce survival training manual is real
good as it should be.

Putting Food By by Ruth Hertzberg, Beatrice Vaughan,janet green

have a lot of different self sufficiency manuals all have good interesting/usefull info but most are idea material due to a lot of
improviseation needed.

lots lots more

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Fitts hits the nail on the head, MN.

In useful books I 2nd The Encyclopedia of Country Living, plus Square Foot Gardening, Putting Food By, Root Cellaring, and your choice of books on permaculture and about keeping a home poultry flock. That focus is on feeding one's own family in a small area.

The medical information books listed above are good too.