How to Eat in the Woods


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A comprehensive, practical, and reliable guide to finding food in the woods and living off the land, by respected wilderness survivalists. With text by wilderness survivalists, the information in How to Eat in the Woods is tried, trusted, and true. One of the most complete books written on the subject, this portable guide includes essential information on how to track, trap, kill, and prepare various types of animals; select bait, land fish, and clean and cook the catch; recognize edible plants, fruits, berries, and nuts; locate bird eggs; catch edible insects; and find potable water. Also included is information on building a fire and preparing food without utensils.




How to Survive in the Woods


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Table of Contents Introduction Who Needs to Know How to Survive in the Woods What You Need In Order To Survive Deadly Animals to Avoid What to Do During the Day and Night Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction The beautiful scenery and fresh and breathtaking views of forests makes them some of the best places to visit. There are countless number of attractive plant and animal species in forests and therefore most people are tempted to go deeper and deeper into the woods. When venturing into the forest, you might find yourself lost within a few hours of entering it. Unless you know your way out of the forest, you’ll be forced to spend a few days in the forest while waiting for help or trying to figure out how to get out. This means that the only way you can be alive and healthy when help arrives is by knowing how to survive in the forest. Unlike deserts and dry areas, forests are characterized by heavy rains and mud throughout the year. In Polar Regions, temperatures in the forest are always extremely low and may freeze you to death. With these harsh conditions, it is normally verydifficult to move around while in a forest. It is therefore up to you to make sure that you know how to survive in the woods while looking for your way out. Unlike in inhabited areas, it is quite difficult to send out a distress signal while in the middle of the forest. Calling for help might also be impossible because of poor or no cellphone network coverage in most parts of the forest. If you’re keen on coming out of the woods alive, you must never avoid knowing how to survive in it. The book “How to survive in the Woods” is equipped with everything you need to know in order to survive in the woods. Inside the book you’ll find step by step guidelines on what to do and what not to do so as to stay alive and healthy in the woods. By reading this book, you’ll know how to prepare for an excursion into the woods and also how to make sure that you don’t get lost in the forest. In case you get lost, the tips listed in this book will help you know how to find your way back home or call for help. By reading this book, you’ll also get to know where to get food and water while in the woods. This means that you won’t die of starvation if you read this book before going anywhere near a forest. Enjoy reading the book “How to survive in the Woods!!!”




How to Live in the Woods


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Practical, field-tested advice for escaping into nature - for a weekend, or forever Who hasn't dreamt of leaving city life and escaping to the woods? This book will tempt and help you to experience the excitement and simplicity of wilderness life, whether it's building a campfire, making shelter in a forest clearing, or navigating using the stars. Whether your heart longs for a weekend of wild escape or a life-changing relocation, this handbook details all the skills and information you need to live in the woods. Each topic - such as water, shelter and fire - is covered in increasing detail to suit the length of your outdoor sojourn, from basic tasks through to long-term survival tips. For anyone who hears that gentle whispering through the pines, How to Survive in the Wild is an inspirational handbook to getting back to basics.




How to Stay Alive


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The ultimate survival guide from Bear Grylls, former Special Forces soldier and #1 world-renowned "King of Survival" (Outside) For more than a decade, Bear Grylls has introduced TV viewers to the most dramatic wilderness survival situations, through his hit shows such as Man Vs. Wild. Now, with How to Stay Alive, Bear reveals to readers his full toolkit of survival tactics, from everyday basics like avoiding blisters to once-in-a-lifetime events like surviving a kidnapping. Opening with the most essential survival skills—assembling your survival kit, making a fire, building a shelter—and then moving on to more specific situations, such as escaping fire, dealing with harsh terrain, and handling medical emergencies, Grylls is a sure guide for any type of disaster situation. Readers will learn how to survive in a life raft, land a helicopter in an emergency, treat hypothermia and frostbite, escape from quicksand, and numerous other lifesaving tips. Richly illustrated with diagrams throughout, How to Stay Alive will be the definitive outdoor survival tome for years to come.




How to Camp in the Woods


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Immerse yourself in the natural world with How to Camp in the Woods, the book StarTribune says "does all but set up the tent." Perfect for everyone from novices to boondockers, How to Camp in the Woods compiles contemporary and classic wisdom, practical tips, and illustrated DIY advice on every aspect of equipping, packing, setting up camp, cooking, and improvising no matter where you are in the great outdoors. How to Camp in the Woods will teach readers: Camping and survival basics including fire building, essential knots, site finding, wilderness first aid/CPR, map/compass reading, and camping off the grid. Essential gear, packing light, recommendations for DIY if you've left something behind, and how to keep everything relatively clean. Guides to camping comfortably in all seasons and weather, as well as tips and etiquette for camping around the world, including with pets and kids. Tips for enhancing the experience, including recipes for easy and inexpensive meals from 25 base ingredients, stargazing essentials, fireside games and songs, bird-watching, and the perfect campfire reading list.




We Like It Wild


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This 1947 account of moving to a frontier town in British Columbia abounds in beautiful descriptions of a fierce yet beguiling landscape. It's also packed with practical survival tips.




Alone in the Woods


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From the author of The Disaster Days comes a thrilling survival story, and lost in the woods children's book, about two former best friends who must work together to stay alive after getting lost in a remote national forest. Jocelyn and Alex have always been best friends...until they aren't. Jocelyn's not sure what happened, but she hopes the annual joint-family vacation in the isolated north woods will be the perfect spot to rekindle their friendship. But Alex still isn't herself when they get to the cabin. And Jocelyn reaches a breaking point during a rafting trip that goes horribly wrong. When the girls' tube tears it leaves them stranded and alone. And before they know it, the two are hopelessly lost. Wearing swimsuits and water shoes and with only the contents of their wet backpack, the girls face threats from the elements. And as they spend days and nights lost in the wilderness, they'll have to overcome their fractured friendship to make it out of the woods alive. Praise for The Disaster Days: "A realistic, engrossing survival story that's perfect for aspiring babysitters and fans of John Macfarlane's Stormstruck!, Sherry Shahan's Ice Island, or Wesley King's A World Below."—School Library Journal "The strength of this steadily paced novel that stretches over four days of a scary disaster scenario is that Hannah doesn't figure everything out; she stumbles, doubts, and struggles throughout it all."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Fans of survival thrillers in the vein of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet will enjoy this tense, honest tale of bravery...an excellent (and refreshingly not didactic) teaching tool on natural-disaster preparedness."—Booklist "The relentless progression of a variety of disaster scenarios will keep readers turning pages...equally suspenseful and informative."—School Library Connection "Behrens uses immersive details and situations effectively viewed from Hannah's perspective to create a suspenseful, vivid story filled with lessons about responsibility and overcoming adversity."—Publishers Weekly Alone in the Woods is a perfect... gift for preteen survival story fans summer reading tween book for girls 11-14 book for middle school girls




At Home in the Woods


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One hundred years ago, Henry Thoreau wrote of the charms and joys of simple living in the woods, away from the hectic nuisances of our city civilization. His philosophy has become part of our American heritage, as sound today as the day he first set it down. But his advice on the simple life has seemed too rugged for later generations, brought up in cities, pampered with conveniences and scared of nature. Vena and Brad Angier were fed up with their city bound existence and longtime readers and admirers of Thoreau, they set out to see if his discoveries were valid today. This is the account of two wilderness-loving tenderfeet, who headed for the tall timber on the banks of the Peace River, British Columbia. There near the trading post of Hudson Hope they found their Walden. How they made themselves ‘At Home in the Woods,’ stocked their cabin, met their interesting wilderness neighbors who helped them get settled and who saw them through their first winter makes honest and exciting reading. The city-bred Angiers found out that Thoreau was right when he wrote: “What people say you can not do, you try and find you can.”




Wilderness Survival Guide


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Stay Alive: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds, The Donner Party Expedition, 1846


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"Soon we will eat the frozen cattle.... And then, when that is gone, what shall we eat?Shall we eat the snow? Shall we eat the ice? Shall we eat the bark on the frozen trees?What shall we eat?"Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California.But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory. Is it worth the risk?Winter comes quickly in the mountains, and the wrong choice could leave them stranded in the Sierra Mountains when the snow comes, with no shelter, supplies, or even food.Newbery Honor-winning author Rodman Philbrick brings to life the excitement, danger, and horrors of the Donner Party's journey west.