Practical Survival Skills - 2 in 1 Value Book

This is a great book for all who want to be prepared for any emergency but don't already have the life skills for that. While "no single book" can tell us all we need to know about survivalism, foraging, and the wild, this book is a good one to start with, probably the best of the four books I've read so far on this subject.

My husband continues to be unmotivated to think like a "survivalist' with a basement full of canned goods and bins of rice, pasta, and flour. Turn this book into a documentary he can watch while on the treadmill, and I might get him to get with the program.

Eating insects, grubs, and bugs is the part he might never agree to unless he gets really, really hungry. Me, I've been extolling the benefits of #entomophagy for years. Who wants to eat cute furry mammals with eyes that gaze into ours? Or chickens? I grew up on a farm, so it should be a no-brainer for me. In fact I'm not yet a vegetarian, but that's mostly because I'm allergic to gluten, dairy, eggs, and more, which severely limits what I can eat. But to eat pigs (they're so intelligent!) or cows (every Holstein in every dairy herd I've seen has her own distinct personality) or lambs! How can we do that, but then wince and cringe at the thought of eating an "ugly" insect? I'd much rather cook up grubs and bugs into a meatloaf or casserole, or fried in a skillet, or pulverized into cricket flour (yes, I've eaten cricket bars).

--Wait! Come back! There's more than bugs on the menu here!

This book is the best I've seen for showing how to discern if a plant in the woods is safe to eat. No, I'm not going to share excerpts here. But I will add the warning about bugs: the brightest, most distinctive and colorful tend to be the most dangerous.

How to start a fire, how to COOK over a fire if you have to create your own pans and utensils - this is stuff we all need to know, just in case. If we go to our graves without ever having had to put this knowledge into practice, well, how lucky can be? (Or how uneventful our lives have been.)

"Patterns in Nature" is a great chapter. "Nature loves patterns. Being able to identify these patterns is a skill at which the human brain is incredibly adept. All living things can be grouped and classified...."

Finding water, and filtering it and boiling it to make it drinkable: that's a chapter you shouldn't miss.

And that's not even HALF the book. Next, First Aid principles, and survival kit isntructions. How to diagnose soft tissue injuries and how to treat fractures, sprains, broken bones, bites, stings, burns, open and bleeding wounds, hypothermia, heat exhaustion, and more. Herbal Remedies. Nature's Larder: Wild Foods Survival Guide.

Again, no one book will equip you for life in the forest or desert, but this one is an excellent start.

An absolutely fantastic book, full of great insightful tips of what to eat and what to leave alone when out and about, a foragers treat, also brilliant tips on how to treat ailments and accidents in the wild.

This 2 in 1 Value book is really interesting and is a must-have for anyone who wants to go into the wilderness with no modern conveniences.

The first book is more about survival - what to eat and how to cook it while finding shelter etc. The second is about how to keep safe and how to apply emergency first aid.

Both books are really interesting and may one day prove to be vital to the reader.

Many thanks to J.P. Logan, NetGalley, and BooksGoSocial for this copy.

J.P. Logan has a lifetime of experience in survival, starting with his time in the Army and then extending throughout his life. He is a certified wilderness first-aid responder, and the founder of the Wilderness Survival Community Center where he teaches outdoor survival and leads seminars on utilizing the natural medicine provided by the planet. His Practical Survival Skills--Vol. I and II (2022) is an essential resource for taking care of yourself if stranded in the wild or when you simply choose to spend time there. Information is thorough and purposeful, easy to understand, and focuses on the most likely circumstances any of us would face in nature. Chapters include for example:

Foraging
Plant identification
Building a fire
Making Tools from Nature
Where to find water
Wild edibles index
First aid practices

I skimmed the content, but didn't deeply read it as the information is most useful when it is critically needed. Some great tips included are:

Universal edibility test
Essentials for first aid
Natural remedies for bleeding
Honey
Natural remedies for allergic reactions
Pain relief
Purifying water

I’d highly recommend this two-volume series to those who spend a lot of time away from civilization or anywhere that requires they approach life-threatening situations with clear-eyed problem solving methods.

Do you have survival skills? The author has used his survival skills first when he was in the army and extending throughout his life. There are photographs of the plants that nature gives us to eat as well as how to eat them — most of them need cooking before eating. He also warns you to be careful of plants that look the same but are deadly to eat. He tells how to start a fire without matches and different styles of building a fire. If one has no weapons, he explains how to make a knife. He also explains how to purify water.in the second volume of thee book, information is given for treating sprains, broken bones, etc. with medicinal plants. This was information that I had no knowledge of. Actually I thought I knew more as I was a Camp Fire girl. I discovered how allergic I was to the great outdoors. I still am, so I must wonder if I would survive if I needed to live in the wild.

It’s a good book to start learning what food nature provides for us to eat. It also discusses about medical plants that can be used. I must admit that I would like more photographs of the plants described in the book. The author also explains how to make a bowl to eat from and more. I think this has been the best beginner’s book for survival. I would certainly take it with me as it is the right size to carry easily. I like his practical information given .

I enjoyed reading this book. I believe everyone should own this book. Better to be prepared than sorry, especially these times when nature is utterly unpredictable.

Interesting and informative guide covering a range of important survival skills including foraging, purifying water, making a fire and making tools.

I picked this up mostly out of curiosity, but I found it interesting, easy-to-read, and helpful. Anyone who ranges from sort-of-interested to wanting to build their survival skills will likely find this book a good resource. It covers a lot of important basics, presented in a way that even if you have zero skills and have never left the city in your life, you'll be able to put the knowledge within to use. Highly recommend!

Really enjoyed this book. I would like to read more from this author and would definitely recommend.
Thankuou to netgalley for giving me a copy to review