HOW TO STAY ALIVE IN THE WOODS Author:bRADFORD aNGIER A complete guide to food, shelter, and self-preservation that makes starvation in the wilderness next to impossible! Originally published as Living Off the Country. — QUICK HELP IN AN EMERGENCY — Sportsmen, hunters, and camping families carry this book with them every time they venture into the woods. It puts at your command all of nature's reso... more »urces and shows-in 26 clearly writen, illustrated chapters-how you can find food, water, warmth, and shelter when you're lost or stranded.
Many are those who, if they had read this book, would not have lost both their common sense and their lives-such as the motorists who have died in the desert of thirst with plenty of water almost within arm's reach. The book is full of secrets-such as how to spark a fire by using a drop of water as a lens, how to obtain meat and fish by primitive means, and how to protect yourself against natural hazards. Using these secrets and your native ingenuity, the author contends, you can keep alive in the wilderness indefinitely.« less