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Title: Great ideas...not a lot of explanation
Review: I like the book, even if it is a little limited in the area of explanation. The author makes no effort to assure the reader of the techniques suggested or outlined. For much of the writing the author simply makes statements with no supporting text.This is a good "first" book on survival and primitive skills. You should go into it knowing that each idea presented by the author can be better understood through further readings of the work of other authors (ie-his extremely limited and incomplete section on Braintan Buckskin..same on flint knapping). This book is the epitome of a "general" hand book with very few specifics.My favorite section has been the "camp craft" projects. Very cool and useful knowledge, though I suspect that as with other areas of the book I will learn a lot more with another book covering only this topic.All that said, if you had one book to bring with you........you know the rest.
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