The Ultimate Survivalist Library
 

Greetings GIMers. I'm a newbie that's been lurking in here for a few weeks waiting for a chance to post.

I've recently gotten to a place in life where being prepared for all kinds of bizarre SHTF scenarios has taken on a newfound importance. (I thank in part, Mega Disasters on The History Channel.)

Anyway, I'd like to assemble a fairly comprehensive Survival library. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has a title they consider a "must read". I'm an Eagle Scout by the way, so I've already got the BSA Fieldbook covered.

I don't currently have a good "bug out" plan, but I have been stockpiling some supplies in my home and I've been buying PMs. I've got by Joel Skousen on my Amazon Wishlist. Any thoughts on this book? I hope it turns out to be an appropriate starting point.

All advice and suggestions are appreciated.

Happy New Year to all.

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Re: The Ultimate Survivalist Library
 

Kurt Saxon's The Survivor series, & Grandad's Book of Chemistry
The Mother Earth News #s 1-97
Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson Kearny (free download at ki4u.com)
Repair manuals for your vehicles and machinery,
Merck Manual, Gray's Anatomy
Kent's Repertory, Materia Medica
Pre 1960 Encyclopedia Britanica
Collection of Popular Mechanics
Rodales Organic Gardening
The Joy of Cooking
Laurel's Kitchen
Macrobiotic Cooking
(Lots of cookbooks)
Ball Blue Book of Canning
Survival Guns Mel Tappan
Life After Doomsday Bruce Clayton
Lucifer's Hammer Niven & Pournelle
Sierra Bullets Loading Manual
Sixguns by Elmer Keith
The Complete Walker Colin Fletcher
Jerry Kuhnhausen shop manuals (for guns you own)
The Owner Built Home
The Owner Built Homestead
Reader's Digest Book of Home Repair
Atlas of The World
Topographic maps of your area
Topo book of your state
Current OTR Driver's Road Atlas (truckstop item)
The Natural Way of Farming
How To books on Blacksmithing
Radio Amateur Handbook

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Where there is no doctor
Where there is no dentist
Emergency war surgery
5 acres and independence

all on Amazon.com ( along with many of the titles MM listed above )


Welcome.....fellow Eagle Scout. ( class of '63 )

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We own both of those and even without SHF situations we reference them occasionally, here's their website

Another book that covers the psychology of survival and why some people make it while others don't is Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales.

Welcome White Magic, enjoy your stay at GIM.

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That book is okay, but remember it was written in the 30\'s or so. The cultivar names will be of little use. Just a heads up.

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Thanks a lot for all the great suggestions...

I see a lot of titles that look really interesting - especially Where There Is No Doctor, Dentist. I'd agree that those sound like pretty practical books to have disaster scenario or no.

All the input is much appreciated.