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Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival (Bushcraft Survival Skills Series) Paperback – September 1, 2014
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A New York Times Bestseller in Sports and Travel!
The ultimate resource for experiencing the backcountry!
Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages--this valuable guide offers only the most important survival skills to help you craft resources from your surroundings and truly experience the beauty and thrill of the wilderness. Inside, you'll also discover detailed information on:
Choosing the right items for your kit.
Manufacturing needed tools and supplies.
Collecting and cooking food.
Protecting yourself from the elements.
With Canterbury's guidance, you'll not only prepare yourself for any climate and situation, you'll also learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you've never imagined.
- Print length256 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAdams Media
- Publication dateSeptember 1, 2014
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.7 x 8.44 inches
- ISBN-101440579776
- ISBN-13978-1440579776
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A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival
By Dave Canterbury
The ultimate resource for experiencing the backcountry!
Written by survivalist expert Dave Canterbury, Bushcraft 101 gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with advice on making the most of your time outdoors. Based on the 5Cs of Survivability--cutting tools, covering, combustion devices, containers, and cordages--this valuable guide offers only the most important survival skills to help you craft resources from your surroundings and truly experience the beauty and thrill of the wilderness. Inside, you'll also discover detailed information on:
-Choosing the right items for your kit.
-Manufacturing needed tools and supplies.
-Collecting and cooking food.
-Protecting yourself from the elements.
With Canterbury's guidance, you'll not only prepare yourself for any climate and situation, you'll also learn how to use the art of bushcraft to reconnect with nature in ways you've never imagined.
Dave Canterbury
Dave Canterbury is the co-owner and supervising instructor at the Pathfinder School, which USA TODAY named one of the Top 12 Survival Schools in the United States. He has been published in Self Reliance Illustrated, New Pioneer, American Frontiersman, and Trapper’s World. Dave is the author of Bushcraft 101, Advanced Bushcraft, and The Bushcraft Guide to Trapping, Gathering, and Cooking in the Wild.
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—CoolMaterial.com
"With advice on not just getting along, but truly reconnecting with the great outdoors, Dave Canterbury's treasure trove of world-renowned wisdom and experience comes to life within these pages."
—Bustle
"What we like: The author pairs straightforward writing with helpful instruction to make a survival guide that is easy to follow and can be easily applied to a range of scenarios."
—NY Daily News
"To say Dave is a survival authority is putting it mildly. Dave gets you ready for your next backcountry trip with easy-to-digest advice and practices on how to build the most critical survival skills. Bushcraft 101 is a very inexpensive insurance plan that any practical person should buy, read and stuff into a backpack before heading off the beaten path."
—New Pioneer
"It offers a lot [of] detail...focusing on everything from knots to cooking to trapping.... If you want to learn primitive skills, it's a treasure trove of information."
—Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
"The advice in this book can help you live comfortably and manufacture tools from nature."
—Gear Junkie
"Proficiency comes with practice, and everyone needs a starting point. Enter Dave Canterbury. This illuminating field guide in no way alienates the new student. For those passionate in their pursuit of the backcountry, it's a must read."
—GrindTV (Yahoo! Sports)
"Get ready for whatever nature could throw your way with this guide on bushcraft, the art of surviving in the woods with as little modern gear as possible. Detailed lessons include firemaking, manufacturing your own tools and gear, foraging, and trapping and processing game."
—Washington Trails Magazine
"Excellent."
—Buzzfeed
“A very reliable source for survival information.”
—The Preparedness Experience
"Throughout the pages he doles out wisdom on the five Cs of survivability...covering all of the basics and then some in an easy-to-read and digestible way."
—Spy
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- Publisher : Adams Media; 1st edition (September 1, 2014)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 256 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1440579776
- ISBN-13 : 978-1440579776
- Item Weight : 12 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.44 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1 in Hiking & Camping Instructional Guides
- #1 in Outdoor Survival Skills
- #2 in Camping (Books)
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I am Dave Canterbury, Co-Owner of The Pathfinder School LLC in SE Ohio. I work in multiple medias to include You Tube Video, Television, and Writing to help educate people in Wilderness Self Reliance and Pioneer Skills. I am a frequent writer for Both Backwoodsman and American Frontiersman Magazines and is the Co-Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters.com. I am also the US Ambassador for Mora Knife of Swedan
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1) What this book is not: It is not an uberlight,super modern, techie gear,hiking/camping survival book. if that is what you are looking for skip it.
2) What the book is (imho): It is a rock solid foundation to get you into the outdoors and gain those skills that were never had or lost.
3) Biggest detriment (imho): lack of info on edible plants a "wilderness survival" guide should have had atleast a fewvarious pics and descriptions.
It's funny someone mentioned the boyscout manual and after I read this book, I feel this is written in the style of a scout "handbook" of sorts.
The book is written from a basic "start here" view. ( zero experience, just starting out) If someone were just starting out I would recommend this book, why? Simple before you start out a person should grasp the basics of the outdoors, then as their experience grows they can add or delete gear based on their style, and their experience. We all find our own style to "smooth it" in the outdoors,this book aids in that path of self discovery.
This book is well written and organized based on many voices of the outdoors from the past. (Kephart,Wallace,Nessmuk,Baker,and Hillcourt to name a few but there are many more) While Dave did not reinvent the wheel, he mentions this in the dedication, but he did bring all this wealth of old knowledge back with his own ideas and thoughts.This is a great springboard in obtaining that "Doctorate in Woodsy Knowledge" While I agree with the author that there could have been more illustrations,but that does not detract from the book .(needed some edible plants,and trees and pics imho) I have already bought an extra copy to give to my grandson when we start our outdoor adventures.
I read this book, reread the book,and read it again so I could give you a non "fan boy review".
I have tried to punch holes in it and while there are always little differences in opinion,I could not, this book is what it is, a solid 101 style book that anyone just starting out in the outdoors should get and read and keep reading. This is one of the few Books that I have suggested to friends just getting into the outdoors. I can't say it enough this book is a rock solid foundation to get folks into the woods and back into touch with skills that modern people have lost. Buy this book.
and btw While I like and use the sawyer filter, I did not start with one and if I did not have it then other forms of water purification would be needed.
It is my opinion that one should be well versed in multiple ways of water purification,and survival knowledge to avoid the "all eggs in one basket"
situation, or "Oh no! my new,shiney, lightweight, doohickey is broke, now what?"
I hope this review helps.
The book is written from the point of view of a teacher or mentor and has a very simplistic language during the explanations of the skills. As I went through the book I found the glossary to be extremely helpful since I am not well versed in outdoor pertinent terms. The index was also very helpful and would be helpful in the case of practicing the skills after reading the book. It has a thorough list of different sections that point you to where the information you are looking for is located. I also liked how the skills were separated by headers and the book was sectioned into two parts, this made it very easy to go back and find what I needed even without using the index. The separations and headings also gave a sense of organization throughout the book which I feel, makes me more secure when I imaging needing to find something in an emergency. The size of the book is perfect to store within my emergency backpack or any camping bags, the cover is also a little more firm than a regular paperback which leads me to think it could withstand more abuse.
One issue that I found when looking over skills is the diagrams are not very descriptive, the knots portion of the book only details the steps of certain knots instead of all knots. The book seems to be geared more towards an auditory learner versus a visual learner, although the verbiage is clear you would have a harder time learning the skills without seeing the step by step directions in some cases. It also does not appear that the author used any outside sources, these seemed to all be skills that the author practices frequently and has learned through experiences. I felt as if the tone of the book was very formal, with verbiage that would be used in a classroom or workshop. This tone throughout the book does take some time to read through due to the lecturing or monotone delivery as would be used in a classroom. As a person who often needs some sort of excitement in my reading choices, this was a harder read to get through only because it was strictly focused on teaching the skills outlined. Although this can also be a positive attribute when you are attempting to find a skill in a hurry when you are out in the field, fewer words to filter through to learn the skill you will need.
Personally, upon reading the book, I could not relate to any of the chapters due to my inexperience in the field. There were specific skills outlined within the book such as using a cast iron skillet and some of the fire lighting methods, which I was able to learn quickly and use for a camping trip that came shortly after beginning to read the book. However the more we practice these skills the easier it will be to remember them in the times a survival situation or emergency comes around. I have attempted some of the knots shown in the book and some of the fire-starting information was helpful as well. I found when I have used the information given that it was very helpful and rewarding to see that what skills I was learning were paying off. This made me enjoy the book more than when I had originally begun reading it.
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Quality read - especially if you are starting out. Watching long videos online often with repeating topics can cost a lot of time. And still you could come short in important skills.
Good book to carry - small and light. If need be.