Novels or guides?
Foxfire?
The End Of The World As We Know It
Army Survival Manual
local herb books
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Novels or guides?
Foxfire?
The End Of The World As We Know It
Army Survival Manual
local herb books
"There are no finger prints under water."
Hey SMiTTY
That is a most excellent list. Jut finished OSA and Lights Out in that order. I talked my wife into reading OSA and now she wants more! Have not read the second two in the Deep Winter trilogy, how do they compare to the first?
I'm advised by Amazon that the new novel, Survivors; A Novel of the Coming Collapse by James Wesley Rawles is coming out soon.
every few years he updates patriots and changes the name....Originally Posted by RichM
Thanks Wulf202, I though that might be the case but based on the description I am not sure this time.....
Product Description
WHAT IF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT ENDED TOMORROW? The America we are accustomed to is no more. Practically overnight the stock market has plummeted, hyperinflation has crippled commerce, and the fragile chains of supply and high-technology infrastructure have fallen. The power grids are down. Brutal rioting and looting grip every major city. The volatile era known as “the Crunch” has begun, and this new period in our history will leave no one untouched. In this unfamiliar environment, only a handful of individuals are equipped to survive.
Andrew Laine, a resourceful young U.S. Army officer stationed overseas in Afghanistan, wants nothing more than to return home to Bloomfield, New Mexico. With the world in turmoil and all air and sea traffic to America suspended, Laine must rely on his own ingenuity and the help of good Samaritans to reach his family. Andrew will do whatever it takes to make it home to his fiancée, no matter how difficult the circumstances.
Major Ian Doyle is a U.S. Air Force pilot sta-tioned in Arizona with his wife, Blanca. Their young daughter, Linda, is trapped in the North- eastern riots. Three teenage orphans, Shadrach, Reuben, and Matthew Phelps, have no choice but to set out on their own when their orphanage closes at the beginning of the Crunch. Then there is Ignacio Garcia, the ruthless leader of the criminal gang called La Fuerza, who will stop at nothing to amass an army capable of razing the countryside. And over everything looms the threat of a provisional government, determined to take over America and destroy the freedoms upon which it was built. The world of Survivors is a terrifyingly familiar one. Rawles has written a novel so close to the truth, readers will forget it’s fiction. If everything you thought you knew suddenly fell apart, would you survive?
Not the case here - this is a story in the same overall scenario, but with different characters. IIRC, at least some of them appear in or are referred to in Patriots though.
Guides. In fact, if you could only choose up to 3 books (to not freak out your wife), which ones would you choose?
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So much knowledge can be had on the web, so if I had to narrow it to 3 reference type books...hmmm....
*Definitely a local lore book, plants and such.
The one I have is Edible & Medicinal Plants of the Rockies by Linda Kershaw. There very well could be better but... Good to now what to stay away from and what is safe to wipe your ass with. *Absolutely, a military survival guide. I don't know which branches is the most comprehensive, but i have the Army guide, it has a ton of good information.
James Wesley, Rawles' book How to Survive the End of the World as we Know It is a good read to get your wheels turning and start the process. Most of the information can be retained, not quite reference material. Maybe a good modern primitive medical book, we are a medical family so that is not a priority for us. The Foxfire books are a fun read but not so much guide. They are an old three book series (I think) that chronicle some old hillbilly ways, skinning squirrel, moon shining and such, great stuff. Not to many comprehensive books that cover everything, just have to pick your topics. I also like the old Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson h. Kearney
Oh and maybe a Bible
Take Luck
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I just bought this one. I like it so far. I like the pics inside (instead of just descriptions of the plants) and if it is food, medicine, or can be used for other uses. The cover of it is pretty durable
Another one I like that I just bought is
Handbook to Practical Disaster Preparedness for the Family 2nd Edition - Arthur T. Bradley, Ph.D. This one is good.
1. Army Survival Manual.
2. Fry the Brain by John West (more of a study really, but the info gained could come in handy in certain situations that could be called "SHTF"). I have a PDF copy of this one.
3. The Modern Hunter-Gatherer by Tony Nester.
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