Outdoor survival skills / Larry Dean Olsen

By:

Olsen, Larry Dean [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago Illinois : Chicago Review Press, c2021.Edition: 7th EditionDescription: xxii, 249 pages : color illustration ; 23 cmISBN:

9781641604321

Subject(s):

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL

LOC classification:

GV 200.5 .P57 2021

Contents:

"reface for the 2021 Edition by Christopher Nyerges -- Foreword to the 1997 Edition by Robert Redford -- Foreword to the 1973 Edition -- Prologue -- The Badgerstone -- Shelter -- Fire -- Water -- Plants -- Animals -- Special Skills -- The Last Great Lesson -- Acknowledgments to the 1997 Edition -- Index.

Summary: "The author has devoted a lifetime to learning and mastering the ways of the wilderness. . . . His concepts have been proven by the more than 10,000 students...""—Booklist Newly updated to include color photos throughout, this timeless survival guide is refreshed to appeal to new outdoors enthusiasts Outdoor Survival Skills has taught generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and carefully tested techniques, many of them ancient, for finding or creating shelter, fire, tools, water, and plant and animal foods. Anecdotes from the author's lifetime of experience provide thrilling examples of the skills and attitudes that ensure survival outdoors. In this newest edition, updated text is accompanied by color photos to help both veteran and novice outdoor explorers embrace their survival skills."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	GC GV 200.5 .P57 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000005509

Includes index.

"The author has devoted a lifetime to learning and mastering the ways of the wilderness. . . . His concepts have been proven by the more than 10,000 students...""—Booklist

Newly updated to include color photos throughout, this timeless survival guide is refreshed to appeal to new outdoors enthusiasts

Outdoor Survival Skills has taught generations of wilderness adventurers how to survive in nature without expensive purchased equipment, instead drawing on knowledge of the land and carefully tested techniques, many of them ancient, for finding or creating shelter, fire, tools, water, and plant and animal foods.

Anecdotes from the author's lifetime of experience provide thrilling examples of the skills and attitudes that ensure survival outdoors.

In this newest edition, updated text is accompanied by color photos to help both veteran and novice outdoor explorers embrace their survival skills."

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