what are you reading currently

**skunkkiller** · 12-08-2008, 10:34 AM

nov./dec. issuse of backwoodsman mag. can't wait for jan./feb. issuse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**FVR** · 12-09-2008, 10:36 PM

Pulled out the SAS manual the other night, reviewing the mushroom section. Not that I'm going to eat any.

Listening to books on tape, E is for Evidence. Pretty good.

**chiangmaimav** · 12-11-2008, 03:52 AM

I work 1 day a week at English language library run by Chiang Mai Community Church. It is only English language library in Chiang Mai, although there are numerous English bookstores. I worked today and picked up the book A Walk in the Woods as mentioned in this forum. It is very good so far. I am also reading The Sand Pebbles about a gunboat in China in ht e 1920's, and The Cambodia File. People in this forum mihgt like Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue henry and the Nevada Barr books. As it is a Christian bookstore there are numerous biographies of missionaries in Thailand, Burma etc. which are very good survival stories. I used to subscribe to Black Belt and tactical Knives in the US but shipping to here is expensive and unreliable. Once in a while I find some local muay thai books translated into English.

**chiangmaimav** · 12-15-2008, 01:48 AM

I worked at library today and found some interesting books. One called Nibbled to Death by Ducks, by Tim Cahill, has numerous survival related stories, icluding a very good one about building an ice cave. It is funny like the Bill Bryson book. I also picked up Young Men and Fire about a famous forest fire in Montana which killed 9 firefighters, and Isaac's Storm, about the hurricane which destroyed Galveston in 1900. Also Into Thin Air about climbing Mt. Everest and an Ernest Hemingway novel about hunting lions in Africa.

**reluctantpawn** · 12-15-2008, 01:20 PM

I read Charlie Ritchie's Backwoodsman

I am also reading the newist edition of Steal This Book it has some very interesting ideas particularly on urban survival and life on the road.

I thought Wilderness Way was extinct shortly after Christopher Nygeres took it over. He is superb with many of his skills.

reluctantpawn

**pgvoutdoors** · 12-16-2008, 01:50 PM

I started reading the book Primitive Skills and Crafts, An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Tracking, Survival and More by Richard and Linda Jamison, published 2007.

A very good book on primitive skills, but also a great first chapter on human development. The price is nice as well, only $12.95 retail. Highly recommended for your libraries.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Skil...pr_product_top

**crashdive123** · 12-16-2008, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by pgvoutdoors

I started reading the book Primitive Skills and Crafts, An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Tracking, Survival and More by Richard and Linda Jamison, published 2007.

A very good book on primitive skills, but also a great first chapter on human development. The price is nice as well, only $12.95 retail. Highly recommended for your libraries.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-Skil...pr_product_top

Ha Ha. I just ordered that book from Amazon (last Thursday). I haven't received it yet.

**pgvoutdoors** · 12-16-2008, 02:45 PM

It,s a very good book, you wont be disappointed!

**crashdive123** · 12-16-2008, 03:04 PM

Great! Looking forward to reading it.

**crashdive123** · 12-16-2008, 05:47 PM

The book actually came in today. With sections titled:

Land: Buying It - Building On It
Energy From Wood, Water, Wind, and Sun
Raising Your Own Vegetables, Fruit, And Livestock
Enjoying Your Harvest The Year Round
Skills And Crafts For House and Homestead
Recreation At Home And In The Wild

Looking forward to it.

**pgvoutdoors** · 12-16-2008, 05:50 PM

crash, That sounds different from the book I have?

**crashdive123** · 12-16-2008, 05:55 PM

OOPS - My bad - this is called Back To Basics - A Complete Guide To Traditional Skills. When I looked at my Amazon list, Primative Skills and Crafts was on the recommendation list. I guess I'll have to take a look at that one too.....after all, Amazon can't be wrong.....can it?

**pgvoutdoors** · 12-16-2008, 05:56 PM

I just checked, and that is definitely not the same book. The first couple of chapters are:
Our Human Family
The Ultimate Weapon
Old Finnish Hunting and Fishing Techniques
Primitive Process Potery

**pgvoutdoors** · 12-16-2008, 05:57 PM

OK, I think you'll like this one too

**skunkkiller** · 12-16-2008, 06:13 PM

The Willderness War. By Allan W. Eckert

**rebel** · 12-19-2008, 11:18 AM

I just finished reading The Mountain Men.

There were illustrations of their gear and how they were made if made in the field.
Moccasins, boats, cups and powder horns, etc.

One interesting fact I didn't know was the Apache arrows. The arrows were made from hollow reads with hardwood inserts. The reason for this was, if you tried to pull out the arrow it would break off.

I recommend this book.

**ClayPick** · 12-19-2008, 12:26 PM

That’s really interesting about the arrow! Just finished,” In the Company of Crows and Ravens” also, “Water- The Fate Of Our Most Precious Resource”. Right now I’m reading “Handbook of the Canadian Rockies” and “Alone In The Wilderness is in the mail”.

**chiangmaimav** · 12-19-2008, 10:14 PM

I just finsihed the book Young Men and Fire by Norman MacLean. It was about the mann Gulch fire in Montana. It is very exciting and tragic story but also very informative about forest fires and how to survive them.