Living off the Country: How to Stay Alive in the Woods
- ISBN-10
- 0811766322
- ISBN-13
- 9780811766326
- Category
- Sports & Recreation
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-09-15
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Author
- Bradford Angier
Description
Living off the Country changes the risk of moving around in the outdoors into trouble-free times…offering take-along tips for finding free appetite fillers, thirst quenchers, weapons and warmth in all kinds of situations. In a clear and understandable way, brad Angier provides a harvest of handy, helpful hints about the necessities of life…where to look for the natural-growing supply of edible, unusual, taste-tickling plants, bushes, and fruit; make-shift but sure-fire ways to catch fish; easy ways to utensil-less cooking; building and using first to the best advantages; constructing off-beat shelters handily; best ways to conserve and use available clothing; what to do about finding your way; backwoods medicine for emergencies…and much more to satisfy man’s need to stay alive in the woods. For any kind of timber trek, pack Living Off the Country with other survival gear. Nature Magazine advises “if you’re planning any wilderness adventure, you would do well to get acquainted with the valuable information in this book.”
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Other editions
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- 1981
- 188 pages
- Paperback
- University of Michigan Press
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