Essential Bushcraft

Name: Essential Bushcraft
ISBN: 9780340920824

by Ray Mears

Why it's on the shelf

Ray Mears's introduction to core bushcraft skills, well photographed.

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Sources

Cody Lundin

Survival is about keeping your core temperature normal, and Lundin builds the whole book around that idea.

Dave Canterbury

Longer-term wilderness living skills, picking up where Bushcraft 101 leaves off.

Robert Birkby, Boy Scouts of America

The Scouts' handbook covers camping, first aid, knots, and navigation in a format kids and adults can use.

Ray Mears

Ray Mears's foundational bushcraft book on fire, shelter, and woodland skills.