Product Description

In PRIMITIVE LIVING, SELF SUFFICIENCY, AND SURVIVAL, author Thomas J. Elpel shows how to discover nature by using it with the same techniques employed by the first people to wander the earth. Illustrated with over 350 photographs, he thoroughly describes every aspect of how to

· Stay warm and comfortable even without a blanket
· Start a fire using friction
· Make bows and bone arrowheads
· Butcher a deer, tan the hide, and make soft buckskin clothing
· Identify edible plants of the Rocky Mountains
· Cook in the wild without a pan
· Make birch bark canisters, willow baskets, and primitive pottery
· Create and use simple stone knives

PRIMITIVE LIVING, SELF SUFFICIENCY, AND SURVIVAL includes dozens of skills and techniques that anyone can learn to meet the needs of clothing, shelter, fire, and water. It is a must read for any serious outdoorsperson.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #167898 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781592282081
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover
In Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills, author Thomas J. Elpel shows how to discover nature by using it with the same techniques employed by the first people to wander the earth. Illustrated with over 350 photographs, he thoroughly describes every aspect of how to:
· Stay warm and comfortable even without a blanket
· Start a fire using friction
· Make bows and bone arrowheads
· Butcher a deer, tan the hide, and make soft buckskin clothing
· Identify edible plants of the Rocky Mountains
· Cook in the wild without a pan
· Make birch bark canisters, willow baskets, and primitive pottery
· Create and use simple stone knives
Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills includes dozens of skills and techniques that anyone can learn to meet the needs of clothing, shelter, fire, and water. It is a must read for any serious outdoorsperson.

About the Author
THOMAS J. ELPEL grew up in Virginia City, Montana. Under the instruction of his grandmother Josie Jewett, he learned how to identify and use the local herbs and plants, find arrowheads, and appreciate wildlife and the outdoors. Elpel received training from the Outdoor Survival School and Tom Brown's Tracker School, and is now the director of the Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School (HOPS) in Pony, Montana.

Customer Reviews

Hard to read (for me)
I bought this book to learn, not to hear about how a bird flew passed the author's path in the morning. For me, there was too much of the authors feelings and jabber about how he felt at a given moment. The word skills in the title led me to believe there are things to learn from this book. For me this book is a let down and dificult to read.

Good overview book, but lacking in some parts
This book is a good overview of primitive skills. I know how to make stone tools, (not well, but I at least know how it's done) and found the section on making stone tools extremely lacking to say the least. However, I learned a lot about subject I know nothing. If you know something about these subjects you might also find the secions lacking. It's an overview and a good book for beginers, but not for the more advanced. I was always told never to eat chokecherries because of the cyanide. The author tells you how to remove the cyanide. However, I'll let you be the one to eat the chokecherries.
Wyatt Kaldenberg

Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills
This book appears to be a duplicate by another publisher of Elpel's book Participating in Nature: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills, which I have reviewed. Elpel's own website does not list this title, but does list Participating in Nature.