A Bushcraft Book collection

[Gailainne]

From the conversations (moot) and the course with Mors I would like to make a start on flora, locally first and then wider afield, its something I havent paid much attention to in the past, something I wish to rectify now, I would appreciate a starter list, I have a few already, collins trees, food for free, wild food. Specifically more on plants and trees, and there uses, Wayne ? mentioned a book, collins I think on herbs, and their uses, thats the kinda thing I'm after, any help gratefully received.

Stephen

 

[Mikey P]

Stuart,

Very pleased to see you had the Cody Lundin book (98.6 Degrees the art of keeping your *** alive) as one of your recommended reads. I don't think this book gets the praise it deserves - it is an original and interesting approach to survival, based on the premise (and I'm paraphrasing here) that all survival skills are working towards maintaining your body core temperature.

I am also gladdened to see Tom Brown in your list of authors that you avoid. Whilst I respect the fact that he is a guru to many, I dislike both his style and teaching methods and believe him to be vastly over-rated.

One book which I haven't seen in many collections (if any) is a small sub-A5 sized bookelt that was issued to my grandad, who was a Royal Signals Dispatch Motorcycle Rider in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in World War II. It is designed to inform soldiers/sailors/airmen about basic survival skills in the Ceylonian and Indian jungle areas. It does so through the (mis)adventures of Pilot Officer Prune, an acccident-prone airman who appears to end up in many a poor situation. Whilst there are some inaccuracies, it is generally correct in its assertions. I'll dig it out and get the book name, reference number and possibly a scan of the cover.

Do any avid collectors know if similar booklets were issued to UK forces elsewhere in the world in different environments?

 

[Mikey P]

Stuart,

Very pleased to see you had the Cody Lundin book (98.6 Degrees the art of keeping your *** alive) as one of your recommended reads. I don't think this book gets the praise it deserves - it is an original and interesting approach to survival, based on the premise (and I'm paraphrasing here) that all survival skills are working towards maintaining your body core temperature.

I am also gladdened to see Tom Brown in your list of authors that you avoid. Whilst I respect the fact that he is a guru to many, I dislike both his style and teaching methods and believe him to be vastly over-rated.

One book which I haven't seen in many collections (if any) is a small sub-A5 sized bookelt that was issued to my grandad, who was a Royal Signals Dispatch Motorcycle Rider in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in World War II. It is designed to inform soldiers/sailors/airmen about basic survival skills in the Ceylonian and Indian jungle areas. It does so through the (mis)adventures of Pilot Officer Prune, an acccident-prone airman who appears to end up in many a poor situation. Whilst there are some inaccuracies, it is generally correct in its assertions. I'll dig it out and get the book name, reference number and possibly a scan of the cover.

Do any avid collectors know if similar booklets were issued to UK forces elsewhere in the world in different environments?

Wow - I've just realised that this was my 1000th post! I wonder if I ever posted anything useful...?

 

[Mikey P]

Here we go - that military book is called 'The Jungle Hiker - A Royal Air Force Welfare Publication, Ceylon, 1944', 4th Edition. At a cost of 1 Rupee and 50 cents!

It has my grandfather's name and the address: The 1st Operating Bastion (sp? - it's definitely not Batalion), Southern Signals, India Command.

It's a remarkable little book with b&w and colour line drawings of flora and fauna of Ceylon, along with survival information (like making shelters out of parachutes) and a phrase book at the end.

Unfortunately, it is starting to disintegrate with age.

It appears you can still get it - copies are around for between £8 and £12 if you google the book title. Picture of cover is at link:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Book-The-Jungle-Hiker-RAF-Welfare-Pub-Ceylon-1944_W0QQitemZ150289065029QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150289065029&_trkparms=72%3A985%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[bikething]

I think it was called 'The Survival Handbook', which is why I cannot decide which one I want.

The difference in this book, is it does not talk about Survival kits but a possibility bag.

Well "The survival handbook" by Raymond Mears has a chapter called 'Possibles' which gives an overview of kit to take...

To further, pin it down it has one of my farvorite wilderness quotes, it is the story about the old hunter looking at a new hunter's .44 handgun, and then offering him some advice.

...and on page 198 :

"Some folk reckon the best way to deal with a bear is a 44 magnum revolver. if so the following advice gleaned from an expert backwoodsman should be followed. 'Be sure to file off the front sight of your magnum before entering bear country.' Why? 'It's less painful that way when the bear shoves it up your ...!'

sound familiar?

 

[bikething]

EH? where'd that second copy come from?

It wasn't here earlier..

 

[spamel]

I've got a pamphlett that I must scan a couple of pages in for you folk to read. It is Royal Engineer Pam No 8 I believe, from just after the War. Some very insightful comments on the German people are made rolleyes which have most British people laughing out loud! My wife, on the other hand, being German..... welll.......

 

[craeg]

Wow. That is some library you have Stuart. I hope your house insurance covers that small fortune!!

Are these books or pamphlets available softcopy eg PDF as I simply do not have the space for a physical book collection?

I read an article that stated that we retain about 10-20% of the information we read so with that in mind you must be an amazing font of knowledge?

 

[Ahjno]

From the conversations (moot) and the course with Mors I would like to make a start on flora, locally first and then wider afield, its something I havent paid much attention to in the past, something I wish to rectify now, I would appreciate a starter list, I have a few already, collins trees, food for free, wild food. Specifically more on plants and trees, and there uses, Wayne ? mentioned a book, collins I think on herbs, and their uses, thats the kinda thing I'm after, any help gratefully received.

Stephen

I ordered Thomas J. Elpel's 'Botany in a day' a few weeks ago. And I must say it's better than I thought it would be. Even though you will not find every plant that's mentioned in the book in the UK (or in NL, in my case), there's still quite an amount left.

It covers about 130 plantfamilies and describes their characteristics, by using the varying amount of petals, sepals, stamen, etc. each family has.
I'm planning to organise these a bit more systematically and learning them by heart (for speeding things up). In combination with a field guide / flora (to check my outcome), with the useable parts, etc. written in it - I must be able to ID and use the plants I come across.

HTH

 

[sam_acw]

I've just picked up that Cody Lundin book and I think it is a really good read. It is a fresh, interesting and sensible survival book - something of a rarity!

 

[Minotaur]

Well "The survival handbook" by Raymond Mears has a chapter called 'Possibles' which gives an overview of kit to take...

...and on page 198 :

"Some folk reckon the best way to deal with a bear is a 44 magnum revolver. if so the following advice gleaned from an expert backwoodsman should be followed. 'Be sure to file off the front sight of your magnum before entering bear country.' Why? 'It's less painful that way when the bear shoves it up your ...!'

sound familiar?

Bang on by the sound of it. Now too find the book.

Are these books or pamphlets available softcopy eg PDF as I simply do not have the space for a physical book collection?

I am slowly creating a html library. Lost some books at a scout camp 20ish years ago, I am still trying to replace all of them. Lucky my Gilwells were at home.

What the plan is to have all of the books worth carrying with me, and to also start making my own refrence. Any one who Bird watches will tell you it is a nightmare to find a decent single refrence.

It would be easier to do in a database or other form, but in html it basically runs on anything.

I read an article that stated that we retain about 10-20% of the information we read so with that in mind you must be an amazing font of knowledge?

It depends, on the person, and the situation. If you interact with the information, you tend to retain more. The more you enjoy a book, the more you retain as well.

From the conversations (moot) and the course with Mors I would like to make a start on flora, locally first and then wider afield, its something I havent paid much attention to in the past, something I wish to rectify now, I would appreciate a starter list, I have a few already, collins trees, food for free, wild food. Specifically more on plants and trees, and there uses, Wayne ? mentioned a book, collins I think on herbs, and their uses, thats the kinda thing I'm after, any help gratefully received.

Find the Collins Gem books really useful.

The best herb book is a version of Culpepper's complete herbal. You can get the original from works and similar. The one people recommend is the colour one I think, which is availible on Amazon. I am sure someone will put up the full title.

There are a couple of tree books out of Kew, that are surposed to be good reading, and contain lots of info.

Have a look for your local Botanical gardens, they tend to have a lot of experts who do walks and things. Plus they will have native species labeled up for you to look at. There is a garden owned by them, called the scienific garden I think somewere london way, that has every single herb, and medical plant labeled. Worth checking around, Arwick castle has just opened their new gardens, and I am sure they have something similar.

Books are good, but I still spot trees the way my scout leader taught me. If you can find someone who can teach you the little tricks of the trade it is so much easier.

 

[sam_acw]

Rumor has it that the Ray Mears book in question is available as a PDF somewhere on the web, though it is still in copyright and shouldn't be.
There are a lot of old books available here - Internet Archive

 

[Gailainne]

Cheers for the suggestions, I did a search on Abe Books and found quite a few, most only a couple of quid each, including the culpepper one, so I've ordered a "few"

Stephen

 

[Minotaur]

Cheers for the suggestions, I did a search on Abe Books and found quite a few, most only a couple of quid each, including the culpepper one, so I've ordered a "few"

Stephen

I feel your pain. I want the colour myself, but have an RHS book that is brillant, and the original version of Culpeppers.

Books are my crack, I am always giving in and buying them.

By the way there is a Collins Gem Food For Free, if you have not seen it.

Rumor has it that the Ray Mears book in question is available as a PDF somewhere on the web, though it is still in copyright and shouldn't be.
There are a lot of old books available here - Internet Archive

As stupid as it is, I like to own the book, while I will never take them out into the wilds again. Because of the interests, it is not very often I buy a new non-fiction book so the author does not really benefit.

There was a scan doing the rounds, but it was massivly edited, and I think the newer book.

The Survival Handbook (1990) - One I want
The Outdoor Survival Handbook (1992) - Seen a very bad scan of this one.

I have a feeling the one I want is the one that gets scary money on ebay.

It is a kind of weird world I now live in, I buy certain medias and they sit on the shelf looking pretty while I use them in another form complely. Buy CD's listen to MP3's. Buy books to read html files.

The portable library is worth the effort for many reasons. It is its own light source. You can change font sizes, and colours(Apprently a black background, with yellow is easier to read). I do not own expensive books, but replacing some of them would be impossible, or as I said 20 years still trying to find some of them. The other side of it is, as I said sometimes you need three guides to do one job well. This way I can carry a complete library in the size and space of a tobacco tin, or in a mobile.

The dump.com has some pdf of scout stuff, I own a lot of originals including some of the leaflet books, that I should store in plastic bags, and maybe only handle with gloves on.

 

[Galemys]

A nice little find in the Amsterdam library; "How to build an igloo, and other snow shelters" by Norbert E. Yankielun
I have never tried to construct a snow shelter before (hard to do with zero to a few inches of snow once a year) but if there will ever be enough snow cover to make one I'll get this book out.

Here's some blurb about the books contents from the writer's website:
http://www.doctorwhy.com/igloobook.html

Cheers,

Tom

 

[Stuart]

Just updating the list with new additions:

Books:

Knowledge of the Ancestors - by Ryan Leech
Snow Caves - by Ernest Wilkinson

Videos:

Woodsmoke: Primitive pottery - by Richard & Linda Jamison
Woodsmoke: Primitive cooking - by Richard & Linda Jamison
Woodsmoke: Fire volume 1 - by Richard & Linda Jamison
Survival and self reliance - by Mel DeWeese & Friends
Fire Volume 1 - by Tom Laskowski
Fire Volume 2 - by Tom Laskowski

 

[Stuart]

Forgot to add these in the last post:

Stone Age Living Skills, Fire, Food and Cordage - Jim Riggs & Robert Earthworm

Stone Age Living Skills, Hide Tanning - Robert Earthworm & Melvin Beattie

Stone Age Living Skills, Arrows - Brian James

 

[sam_acw]

Just got a copy of Indian fishing in the post this week - that's a truly awesome book.

 

[Stuart]

Updating the list on the first page of this thread:

Emergency Navigation - David Burch

The Basic Essentials of Desert Survival - Dave Ganci

Dwelling Portably 1980-89 - Bert and Holly Davis
Dwelling Portably 1990-99 - Bert and Holly Davis
Dwelling Portably 2000-2008 - Bert and Holly Davis

The Complete Guide to Edible wild plants,fruits and Nuts - Katie Letcher Lyle

Hints to travellers Scientific and general (1883) – Royal Geographical society

A Collection of Indigenous Indonesian Technologies - Craig Thorburn

Aids to Survival – W.A. POLICE ACADEMY COMMAND & LAND OPERATIONS UNIT

Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making - William Hamilton Gibson

Never say die – Canadian Military


Desert expeditions – Tom Sheppard
Tropical Forest Expeditions - By Clive Jermy and Roger Chapman
Polar Expeditions – Rachel Duncan

The Prairie Traveler handbook for overland expeditions (1859) – Randolph P. Marcy

Ranger Medical Handbook –US Army Special Operations Command

Sanitation Without Water - Uno Winblad and Wen Kitama

The Ship’s Medicine Chest and Medical Aid at Sea - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Handbook of knots and splices – Charles Gibson

Homegrown sun dwellings – Peter Van Dresser

Hunting with a Bow and arrow – Saxton pope

Axe Manual of Peter McLaren – Peter McLaren

The complete book of heating with wood – Larry Gay

Saskatchewan trapper training manual – Saskatchewan Education Northern division

Village Technology Handbook - Volunteers in Technical Assistance

Wood Conserving Stoves a Design Guide - Volunteers in Technical Assistance

Woodsmanship – Bernard S. Mason

The Woodsman and Craft Book (1910) – Hoffman ??

Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life for Travel & Exploration (1871) – W.B Lord & T. Baines

Survival and Austere Medicine - The Remote, Austere, Wilderness and Third World Medicine Discussion Board

How to make tools - Christiansen & Bernard Zubrowski

Improvised repairs to wheeled vehicles in the field (1943) – British MOD

Minor surgical procedures in remote areas – Medecins San frontiers

Mini Technology Handbook Volume 1 & 2 – B.R. Saubolle & S.J. Bachmann

Automotive operation and maintenance (for Pioneer roads) – E. Christopher Cone

Pamphlets:

Frictional Fire Making With a Flexible Fire Thong – Henry Balfour

Aboriginal Fire Making - Walter Hough

Cold Weather Operations Personal Survival And Safety guide – British MOD

Desert Weather Operations Personal Survival And Safety guide – British MOD

 

[Stuart]

posting the updated list here to save people having to got to the first page to find it:


Title - Author

Northern Bushcraft - Mors kochanski
Naked into the wilderness - John & geri Mcpherson
Naked into the wilderness 2 - John & Geri McPhearson
New way of the wilderness - Calvin Rutstrum
Arctic Manual - Vilhjalmur Stefanson
The best of woodsmoke - Richard L. Jamison
Primitive outdoor skills - Richard L Jamison
Woodsmoke - Richard & Linda Jamison
Bushcraft - Richard Graves
Camping and woodcraft - Horace Kephart
Earth Knack - Bart & Robin Blankenship
Outdoor survival skills - Larry Dean Olsen
Shelters shacks and shanties - D.C. Beard
wildwood wisdom - Ellsworth Jaeger
scouting for boys first edition - Baden Powell
the poachers handbook - Ian Niall
The art of Tracking, The origin of science - Louis Liebenberg
The traditional bowers bible - numerous authors
The nature and subsequent uses of flint - John W. Lord
Life at the extremes the science of survival - Frances Ashcroft
Deep Survival - Laurence Gonzales
Performing in extreme environments - Lawrence E. Armstrong
Mountainman crafts and skills - David Montgomery
98.6 Degrees the art of keeping your *** alive - cody lundin
Survival advantage - Andrew Lane
How to survive on land and sea - US naval institute press
The Wilderness Route finder - Calvin Rutstrum
Home manufacture of Furs and Skins - A.B. Farnham
Home tanning and leather making guide - A.B Farnham
Tanning at Home - W.B Scarbough
Deadfalls and snares - A.R Harding
Poachers and poaching - John Watson
The Sling for sport and survival - Cliff Savage
The Trappers Bible - Dale martin
into the primitive - Dale martin
Animal Traps and Trapping - James A. Bateman
Culpepers herbal remedies - Nicholas Culpeper
finding your way without a map or compass - Harrold Gatty
Participating in Nature - Thomas J. Elpel
Indian Fishing - Hilary Stewart
Wound Management - Jill A. David
Expedition Medicine - The Royal Geographical society
Where there is no doctor - David Werner
Where there is no Dentist - Murray Dickson
Care of the Critticaly Ill Patient in the Tropics and Subtropics - David A.K. Watters, et al
Primary Diagnosis & Treatment, in Developing countries - Daniel E. Fountain
Sahara overland - Chris Scott
Vehicle Dependant Expedition Guide - Tom Sheppard
The Ultimate desert Handbook - Mark Johnson
Recipes for roughing it easy - Dian Thomas
Survive the savage sea - Dougal Robertson
how to **** in the woods - Kathleen Meyer
Living off nature - Judy Urquhart
The survival handbook - Raymond mears
Essential Bushcraft - Ray Mears
Outdoors survival handbook - Ray Mears
How to survive in the woods - Bradford angier
Food for free - Richard Mabey
A cook on the wild side - Hugh fearnley-whittingstall
No need to Die - Eddie McGee
Knife Making - Bo Bergman
Search and Rescue Survival Training AF Reg 64-4 - US department of the air force
The Practical Mushroom encyclopaedia - peter jorden & steve wheeler
Primitive Technology - Erret Callahan
The complete book of self sufficiency - John Seymour
Botany in a day - Thomas J. Elpel
Survival arts of the primitive Paiutes - Margaret M. Wheat
Survival skills of native California - Paul D. Cambell
Primitive technology, a book of earth skills - society for primitive technology
Primitive technology 2, Ancestral Skills - society for primitive technology
The ultimate encyclopedia of Knots and rope work - Geoffry Budworth
The S.A.S. survival hand book - John Wisman
Camplife in the woods and the tricks of trapping - W. Hamilton Gibson
woodsmanship - Bernard S. Mason
The axe Manual - Peter Mclaren
Nutrition in medicine - Simon P. Allison
Experiments on Knife sharpening - Department of materials science and engineering Iowa state university
The essentials of archery - L.E. Stemmler
Basic Blacksmithing - David Harries and Bernhard Heer
The Art of Travel - Francis Galton
Extreme survival - Dr Kenneth Kamler
Complete book of survival - Eddie McGee
Animals, tracks, trails and signs - R. Brown, M. Lawrence and J. pope
Winter wise - Montague Alford
The foraging spectrum - Robert L. Kelly
The Bushmans handbook - H. A. Lindsay
The Hunting peoples - Carleton S. Coon
Wound managment - Jill A. David
Medicine for Mountianeering and other wilderness activities - James A. Wilkerson
Pioneering projects - John Thurman
Army manual of Hygiene and Sanitation 1934 - MoD
Living off the land, a manual of bushcraft - Salt (Melbourne, Vic.)
Ditch Medicine - Hugh L. Coffee
Down but not out - Royal Canadian air force Survival training School
Outdoor saftey and survival - British Columbia outdoor recreation division
Survival Psychology - John Leach
Adrift - Steven Callahan
How to survive in the bush, on the coast, in the mountains of New Zealand – Lt B. Hildrith RNAF
Roughing it easy – Dian Thomas
Roughing it easy 2 - Dian Thomas
Inner navigation – Erik Jonsson
How to stay alive in the woods – Bradford Angier
The complete snow campers guide – Raymond Bridge
The wilderness handbook – Paul Petzoldt
Survive – Clay Blair, Jr.
Staying Alive – Maurice and Maralyn Bailey
Country Woodcraft - Drew Langsner
Bush Arts – Mors Kochanski
Wilderness canoeing and camping – Cliff Jacobson
The Nature doctor – Dr. H. C. A. Vogel
Rogers Herbal Manual – Robert Dale Rogers
The Fungal Pharmacy – Robert Rogers
On Your own in the Wilderness – Colonel Townsend Whelen
The Art of Survival – Cord Christian Troebst
Being Your own Wilderness Doctor – Dr. E. Russel Kodet
SkyGuide – Mark R. Chartrand
The Call of the Birds – Charles S. Bayne
Survival, how to prevail in hostile enviroments - Xavier Maniguet
Passport to Survival - Esther Dickey
Camplore and Woodcraft - Daniel Beard
The Winter Wilderness Companion - Garret conover & Alexandra Conover
Essentials of Sea Survival - Frank Golden MD, PHD & Michael Tipton PHD
The Tribal Living Book - David levinson & David Sherwood
Bushcraft Skills And How To Survive In The Wild - Anthonio Akkermans
Survival Wisdom & Know How - the editors of stackpole books
Dwellings - Paul Oliver
The Humanure Handbook - Jospeh Jenkins
Camplore And Bushcraft - Daniel Beard
Passport To Survival - Esther Dickey
Survival How to Prevail In Hostile Enviroments - Xavier Maniguet
Wilderness Survival Manual - BC Hydro / W.T. Floyd
Physiology Of Man In The Desert - E. F. Adolph
South Sea Lore - Kenneth P. Emory
Bushcraft How To Live In The Jungle And Bush
Dont Die In The Bundu - Col. D. H. Grainger
Wild Food - Gordon Hillman & Ray Mears
Uteliv - Lars Falt
Handbok Overlevnad - Lars Falt
Friluftsboken - Lars Falt
VinterFarden - Lars Falt
The Jungle Hiker - Royal Air Force Welfare ceylon
Craftsmen of Necessity - Christopher williams
Moving Heavy Things - Jan Adkins
When All Hell Breaks Loose - Cody Lundin
Wild Food - Roger Phillips
Knowledge of the Ancestors - Ryan Leech
Trees & Shrubs of the Okavango delta, Medicinal uses and Nutritional value, volume 1 & 2 - Veronica Roodt
Gemsbok Bean & Kalahari truffle, traditional plant use by Jul'hoansi in N.East Namibia - Arno Leffers
Snow Caves - Ernest Wilkinson
Emergency Navigation - David Burch
The Basic Essentials of Desert Survival - Dave Ganci
Dwelling Portably 1980-89 - Bert and Holly Davis
Dwelling Portably 1990-99 - Bert and Holly Davis
Dwelling Portably 2000-2008 - Bert and Holly Davis
The Complete Guide to Edible wild plants,fruits and Nuts - Katie Letcher Lyle
Hints to travellers Scientific and general (1883) – Royal Geographical society
A Collection of Indigenous Indonesian Technologies - Craig Thorburn
Aids to Survival – W.A. POLICE ACADEMY COMMAND & LAND OPERATIONS UNIT
Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making - William Hamilton Gibson
Never say die – Canadian Military
Desert expeditions – Tom Sheppard
Tropical Forest Expeditions - By Clive Jermy and Roger Chapman
Polar Expeditions – Rachel Duncan
The Prairie Traveler handbook for overland expeditions (1859) – Randolph P. Marcy
Ranger Medical Handbook –US Army Special Operations Command
Sanitation Without Water - Uno Winblad and Wen Kitama
The Ship’s Medicine Chest and Medical Aid at Sea - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Handbook of knots and splices – Charles Gibson
Homegrown sun dwellings – Peter Van Dresser
Hunting with a Bow and arrow – Saxton pope
Axe Manual of Peter McLaren – Peter McLaren
The complete book of heating with wood – Larry Gay
Saskatchewan trapper training manual – Saskatchewan Education Northern division
Village Technology Handbook - Volunteers in Technical Assistance
Wood Conserving Stoves a Design Guide - Volunteers in Technical Assistance
Woodsmanship – Bernard S. Mason
The Woodsman and Craft Book (1910) – Hoffman ??
Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life for Travel & Exploration (1871) – W.B Lord & T. Baines
Survival and Austere Medicine - The Remote, Austere, Wilderness and Third World Medicine Discussion Board
How to make tools - Christiansen & Bernard Zubrowski
Improvised repairs to wheeled vehicles in the field (1943) – British MOD
Minor surgical procedures in remote areas – Medecins San frontiers
Mini Technology Handbook Volume 1 & 2 – B.R. Saubolle & S.J. Bachmann
Automotive operation and maintenance (for Pioneer roads) – E. Christopher Cone


pamphlets & booklets:

pioneering knots and lashings - Scout Troop 24
Sea survival - Ministry of defence
Arctic survival - Ministry of defence
Jungle Survival - Ministry of Defence
Basic wilderness survival in cold lacking snow - Mors Kochanski
The compass - Mors Kochanski
The two kilogram survival field kit manual - Mors Kochanski
Basic wilderness survival in deep snow - Mors Kochanski
Knife sharpening - Mors Kochanski
Top seven Bush Knots and the Use of the windlass - Mors Kochanski
tools of survival and survival training - Mors Kochanski
Basic netting - Mors Kochanski
Map use - Mors Kochanski
21 native edible plants - Mors Kochanski
the inuit snow house - Mors Kochanski
Survival kit ideas - Mors Kochanski
The simple cattail doll - Mors Kochanski
Wilderness Steam Bath - Mors Kochanski
When you meet a Black Bear - Mors Kochanski
The Northan Night Sky - Mors Kochanski
Basic weather Knowledge - Mors Kochaski
Winter Survival in the backcountry - unknown
Winter Survival - BC Hydro
Fickminnie Overlevnad - Lars Falt
fox fire Numerous issues - numerous
A Therapeutic Approch to Arctic Survival Rations - Terence a. rogers, et al
Physiology of Acute Starvation in Man - George F. Cahill
Snow as a life Saver - Don Vockeroth & Jhon Amatt
Survival in the desert - USAF survival school
Alberta Wilderness Arts and Recreation 1-16
The Psycology of Lost - Kenneth Hill
Aboriginal Fire-Making - Walter Hough
Frictional Fire Making With a Flexible Fire Thong – Henry Balfour
Cold Weather Operations Personal Survival And Safety guide – British MOD
Desert Weather Operations Personal Survival And Safety guide – British MOD


DVDs and VHS

Sticks as Tools and Implements – Mors Kochanski
Blades: Sharpening and Safe use – Mors Kochanski
Bush Knots – Mors Kochanski
Clothing and Sleeping Bags – Mors Kochanski
A Plant walk with Mors Kochanski Volumes 1 to 7 + master (8 DVD collection) – Mors Kochanski
3 Days at the River with nothing but our bare hands - Thomas J. Elpel
Mountain Meadows camping with almost nothing but the dog - Thomas J. Elpel
Mountain Lakes a survival fishing trip - Thomas J. Elpel
Canoe Camping on a song and a paddle - Thomas J. Elpel
SAS Survival Techniques (two VHS tapes) - John Wiseman
Woodsmoke: Primitive pottery - by Richard & Linda Jamison
Woodsmoke: Primitive cooking - by Richard & Linda Jamison
Woodsmoke: Fire volume 1 - by Richard & Linda Jamison
Survival and self reliance - by Mel DeWeese & Friends
Fire Volume 1 - by Tom Laskowski
Fire Volume 2 - by Tom Laskowski
Stone Age Living Skills, Fire, Food and Cordage - Jim Riggs & Robert Earthworm
Stone Age Living Skills, Hide Tanning - Robert Earthworm & Melvin Beattie
Stone Age Living Skills, Arrows - Brian James