Whats in your survival library?

[powersbj]

What books do you currently have on shelf, what are the essentials?

Right off hand I have
Kitchen Garden
Rodales Encyclopedia of organic gardening
Root Cellaring
Making and using dried foods
The big book of preserving the harvest
and last but not least
Seed Sowing and saving.
And a few reloading, gunsmithing and machinist books...

I feel like Im missing alot. I could use a good medical/dental reference, I know I need 10 Acres is Enough....

Any one have some suggestions? What do you have?

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[Sun195]

Let's see..

The Foxefire Book: Volume 1
Making Pure Corn Whiskey
Woodcraft & Camping
Bushcraft: Outdoor Skills & Wilderness Survival
Mountaineers Outdoor Basics: Wilderness Navigation
When All H#ll Breaks Loose: Stuff you need to survive when disaster strikes
Storey's Basic Country Skills
Take Care of Yourself: The complete guide to medical self-care

 

[Just Jim]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

jim

 

[BlvdKing]

This is one area I am really lacking... Amazon here I go

 

[Guilty]

Here's what I have collected over the years:

Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival by John 'lofty' Wiseman

SAS Survival Handbook, Revised Edition: For Any Climate, in Any Situation by Jack A. Spigarelli

Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking
Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants

 

[MountainBear]

A collection of plant ID books that include information on medicinal and other uses. Factory armorers manuals for most of my firearms, SAS survival book, wild-game and dutch oven how to books and articles. Various other random books and photocopied articles I find interesting, useful, or helpful...

 

[Silver Fox]

"On Gurellia Warfare" by Mao Tse Tung

Don Pauls first four books, with more to come. Don't know him? Got bookfinder.com and search here: http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?a...nation=us&currency=USD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr

U.S. Army FM 5-34 (if you can find the copies before 1995)

many more others but that's all I can remember for now.

SF-

 

[RamboJohnJ88]

Man vs. Wild... by Bear Grills
The Complete Wilderness Training Book... by Hugh McManners
Survival Wisdom and Know How... Editors of Stackpole Books
Ultimate Guide to US ARMY Survival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques... Dept of Army
Survive... Les Stroud
Survival Handbook, the official US Army guide... Dept of Army

That is all i see at a glance at my bookshelf, i am sure if i dug through some old boxes i would have at least a handfull of Army FMs...

 

[rebelcop121]

Foxfire 1-7
Sun Tsu Art of War
Miyamoto Musashi's the Five Rings
US Army Survival Guide
Wilderness Way magazine subscription
Louis L'Amour (entire collection in Leather)
Books by Donald Hamilton (proper mind set)

You should all read the book "The Last Centurian" by John Ringo (nothing to do with the Beatles). It is a great read and really relates to current world situations and intertaining as a nice action novel.

 

[Sun195]

I forgot to mention:

Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Backwoods Home Magazine

 

[dave]

I just picked up this


Anyone read it yet?

A short review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYvuY3t5aM

 

[isher]

"Camping and Woodcraft"

By Horace Kephart

Two volumes in one.

Originally printed 1917.

Mine is from 1949.

From there you can go to the Tao te Ching.

isher

 

[Mutoman]

What? We won't be able to Google it?

 

[isher]

Dang, Mutoman,

You are sol.

This is how the older knowledge gets lost.

And I'm not only talking the printed tradition,

But also the oral tradition.


isher

 

[powersbj]

I just picked up this


Anyone read it yet?

A short review here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYvuY3t5aM

Yup, liked it but I kinda have a soft spot for Lucifer's Hammer which I think was a tad better.

 

[dave]

Yup, liked it but I kinda have a soft spot for Lucifer's Hammer which I think was a tad better.

I havent heard of it. Is it an EMP thing as well?

 

[powersbj]

I havent heard of it. Is it an EMP thing as well?

Nope, comet smashing the planet written in the late 1970's I think.

 

[isher]

Yeah -

Great trash reading, and I don't mean

To be insulting when I say "trash reading."

Niven and Pournelle.

Here's a wiki quickie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer's_Hammer

isher

 

[RavenLunatic]

Both non-fiction books on outdoor skills and fiction for entertainment.

 

[HenryJ]

Trappers Guide
SAS Survival Handbook - John "Lofty" Wiseman
Vehicle Dependent Expedition guide - Tom Sheppard