What books would you recommend?
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Some ideas on this thread
another one here with a lot of the same titles being recomended
and if you've got a day spare, there's loads of possibilities on here - with a lot of the titles from the above 2 threads being recomended again
HTH
Steve
another one here with a lot of the same titles being recomended
and if you've got a day spare, there's loads of possibilities on here
- with a lot of the titles from the above 2 threads being recomended againHTH
Steve
Another vote for the Mors Kochanski bushcraft book.
I found it a little strange at first as each subject is covered very thoroughly compared to other bushcraft books but it really is amazing the amount of information you find in this book..
I found it a little strange at first as each subject is covered very thoroughly compared to other bushcraft books but it really is amazing the amount of information you find in this book..
The book that got me into bushcraft was a book by Anthony Greenbank called Survival for Young People. It is an old book (1970's) but it is very well thumbed and I have spent many happy times using the book.
Just had Mushrooms by John Wright (the chap on HF-W's River Cottage) as a birthday pressie - well written and at the same time is a jolly read and very informative.
Just had Mushrooms by John Wright (the chap on HF-W's River Cottage) as a birthday pressie - well written and at the same time is a jolly read and very informative.
I dont know if you can count it as bushcraft (more a mans account of living in the wild in his own cabin) but an excellent read is "One mans wilderness - Richard Proenneke" One of my fav books, check it out here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0JGY0ZY5ZPMA1CMVQHX3
G R
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0JGY0ZY5ZPMA1CMVQHX3
G R
For something a bit different, i.e. no techniques discussed, I would recommend Sigurd Olsen's Reflections from the North Country. Sigurd was an American environmentalist active last century. He spent a lot of his life living in a cabin in the wilderness of Minnesota, particularly kayaking in the lakes and rivers of that region. Sigurd is a gifted writer and this particular book written at the end of his life sums up his wilderness philosophy. I very rarely read a book twice however; this title will be the exception. One of the best books I have ever read.
Edwin Tappan Adney...The bark Canoes and skin boats of North America.
Richard Graves...Ten Bushcraft Books... this is an online edition http://tions.net/CA256EA900408BD5/vwWWW/outdoor~03~000
Calvin Rutstrum...The wilderness Life (and other writings, all available via Amazon etc..)
George W Sears...Woodcraft
Horace Kephart...Camping and woodcraft.
As you can see I'm a bit of a romantic in my choice of literature...but then, i find bushcraft to be a romantic way of life...(discuss)
Richard Graves...Ten Bushcraft Books... this is an online edition http://tions.net/CA256EA900408BD5/vwWWW/outdoor~03~000
Calvin Rutstrum...The wilderness Life (and other writings, all available via Amazon etc..)
George W Sears...Woodcraft
Horace Kephart...Camping and woodcraft.
As you can see I'm a bit of a romantic in my choice of literature...but then, i find bushcraft to be a romantic way of life...(discuss)
The collins gems books are great to use whilst in the outdoors to identify plants, trees and wild edibles
Contemporary : Mors Kochanski, in a league of his own
"Period" : Horace Kephart Camping and Woodcraft. A wonderful gem you will want to read and re-read !
Here's an idea for you I pinched from someone else. Get a set of six Collins gems on subjects that appeal to you, cover them in sticky back plastic to protect them and keep them in a case in your pack
NS
"Period" : Horace Kephart Camping and Woodcraft. A wonderful gem you will want to read and re-read !
Here's an idea for you I pinched from someone else. Get a set of six Collins gems on subjects that appeal to you, cover them in sticky back plastic to protect them and keep them in a case in your pack
NS
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it realy does depend on where you want to go with it, I started from a more militry back ground so i read a lot of the Lofty wiseman stuff, ery good but very hard core, there is Ray mears stuff which is the other extreme were he is a back woods man rather than a survivalist, what i would suggest is to start some where say like foraging in the hedgerows and then read up on free food by maybe and such like and then slowly progress from there
I should thank you for this post as it has forced me to track-down a book I read whilst at school some 40 years ago but could never recall the title. It has clearly influenced me more than I had hitherto appreciated. Apparently there was a film made of it too but we all know how they can deviate from the plot for the sake of heightened intrigue etc!
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
"Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever".
Cheers
MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
"Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever".
Cheers
I highly recomendTHe Primitive Technology books 1 and 2 ("Ancestral Skills" and "Earth Skills" They are great for finding inspiration for projects, have lots of nice articles and are beautifully written.
The Mors Kichanski books are, I agree, very good.
The Mors Kichanski books are, I agree, very good.
As a newbie I have found this thread very useful so thank you very much everyone.
Off to my local charity shop in a mo to see if there is anything lurking and it looks like Kichanski is the one to get. RM is always a first on peoples lips these days but it is good to hear of a pre-RM book.
Alison
Off to my local charity shop in a mo to see if there is anything lurking and it looks like Kichanski is the one to get. RM is always a first on peoples lips these days but it is good to hear of a pre-RM book.
Alison
