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Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?


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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:22 am

Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?

I hope I'm not posting something that's already been fully discussed ... I looked around the site a bit and didn't see this one ...

While I totally depend on the internet to research and learn ... I've known for a while now that collecting a small set of carefully chosen books would be an excellent addition to my other preparations. There are SO MANY of these types of books, so I was wondering if you guys could suggest ones that you consider particularly good candidates ...

Any suggestions appreciated! Thanks.
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:44 am

Re: Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?

Hi VaMom,

Kassandra started a thread somewhere too that didn't get very far. I know Pamela posted tons of info somewhere, i can't remember where it is. Check out Pamela's first several posts.

If you like food (ha ha), i really on several books, but one is important for preserving without canning and without freezing:

Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning, The Gardeners and Farmers of Terre Vivante, Chelsea Greene (translation from French), mostly this book has recipes from France, near Italy and Switzerland. I use the book and am currently eating a lot of lacto-fermented food from last summer.

Also, Nourishing Traditions, By Sally Fallon. Excellent. It is one of my bibles.
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:21 pm

Re: Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?

Thanks, Allissun! Sometimes I think my efforts are sort of like trying to learn how to drive AFTER being hit by a truck ... leaves one sort of hoping those airbags are there and gonna work!!! :shock:
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Post Fri Apr 01, 2011 12:30 pm

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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:23 pm

Re: Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?

I would say check out Lindsay Books
http://www.lindsaybks.com/prod/index.html
They specialize in publishing old technology.

Stuff from say the 1900's and what have you.

There is lots of good survival information on their site, and not too much crap to sort through as you would find in other more modern commentary.
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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:37 pm

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Rawles' book Patriots has many titles in it... In fact, i regard the book more as a thin (and not-so-believeable) narative that helps put the books that he knows in a very useful and credible context... Like "Dentistry When a Dentist isn't Around" or some such title.
I like having a copy of Emergency War Surgery in addition to serious, first aid and home remedy titles (because access to med. facilities is out of the question...)
Better than books are training manuals (Army Combat Lifesaver's PQS handbook) and workshop notebooks that you compile from skill-building workshops. Skills. Skills. Skills.

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Post Mon Apr 11, 2011 3:54 pm

Re: Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?

Great suggestions ... I'm following through. Thanks.
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Post Sun May 01, 2011 10:48 am

Re: Good Survival Library ... Suggestions?

Just a quick look over my shoulder at the book shelf has a few.

When technology fails by Chelsea Green

The self sufficiency handbook

Staying Alive by Ron Reid Daly

Peak Oil Survival by Aric McBay
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Post Sun May 01, 2011 5:14 pm

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Nuclear War Survival Skills is a good one if you've got that sort of thing on your threat assessment matrix. Free too, just google it.

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