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Primitive Skills and Crafts: An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, and More
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Product Description
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #5234 in Books
- Published on: 2007-08-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 272 pages
Features
- ISBN13: 9781602391482
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Richard & Linda Jamison are published authors and are known for these publications:
*The Best of Woodsmoke: A Manual of Primitive Outdoor Skills
*Primitive Outdoor Skills
*Woodsmoke: Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills
*Woodsmoke
*Primitive Skills and Crafts
Richard & Linda Jamison are published authors/editors and are known for these publications:
*The Best of Woodsmoke: A Manual of Primitive Outdoor Skills
*Primitive Outdoor Skills
*Woodsmoke: Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills
*Woodsmoke
*Primitive Skills and Crafts
Customer Reviews
Master the Art of Survival
This is a very interesting book which describes in remarkable detail various primitive crafts and survival techniques. Skills such as making blades and axes from stone to various methods of primitive cooking are described in detail. There are sections on primitive basket making and pottery as well as blowgun making and stalking. After reading this book I was left with both a profound admiration for our primitive ancestors as well as some potentially useful newfound knowledge. Since many of the techniques described were utilized by Native Americans this book will be enjoyed by students of this subject as well as by Boy/Girl Scouts who will find many sections which they can utilize on camping trips. This book will also be enjoyed by fans of shows such as "Survivor Man" and "Man vs. Wild" and should be required reading for anyone planning to compete on "Survivor".
1994 Woodsmoke Reprinted
This is a book of collected articles previously published as "Woodsmoke, Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills" (Menasha Ridge Press 1994). No revisions, but then the articles were good then anyway. This book is the second in which the fire piston is covered (the first that I am aware of came out in 1972). Beside the philosophy (waxing poetic) of the Jamisons and a poor bit on tracking, the book offers the reader some well laid out "how-to" information from the likes of Steve Watts, David Wescott, Jim Riggs and Larry Dean Olson. Atlatl, Pottery, blowguns, Hide Glue, stone tools and bark baskets are some of the topics introduced in this book. If you are interested in the primitive skills, this book is worth getting.
Not a how to, but a good read filled with idea
I gave the book 3 stars because I was expecting a "how to" book; this book is not an instructional at all. Rather, this book seems to be a compilation of ideas, methods, and skills that are all described very superficially.
Fun to read, but if you were going to be out in "no where" for the rest of time you'd want something far more detailed.
