Living off the land : [an illustrated guide to tracking, building traps, constructing shelters, toolmaking, finding water, foraging for food, and much more]

Author

Chris McNab

Call Number

• 613.69 M4789.2 (CEN)

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Edition

Rev. and updated ed.

Publication Information

Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2007.

Physical Description

192 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Summary

Provides information and tips on survival, including making tools, catching fish, finding water, and making a fire without the use of matches.

Notes

Subtitle from cover.

Includes index.

Contents

• Introduction
• Basic principles
• Finding water
• Survival food: plant sources
• Survival food: animal sources
• Hunting and trapping
• Making fire and cooking
• Surviving in the desert
• Surviving in Arctic climates
• Surviving in the tropics
• Surviving water environments
• Urban survival
• Glossary.