Survival, Evasion and Escape: Department of the Army Field Manual FM 21-76.

by Department of the Army

Paperback, 1969

Status

Available

Call number

613.69

Publication

Department of the Army (1969), 431 pages

Description

Outdoor Recreation. Nonfiction. HTML:From trekking across the desert and bushwhacking through the jungle to conserving body heat in the Arctic and rappelling down a mountain cliff, The U.S. Army Survival Manual presents the field-tested techniques that have proven effective in times of imminent danger and extreme distress. Perfect for Army grunts and weekend outdoorsmen alike, this book teaches the survival skills every camper, hiker and hunter should master before heading into the wild: �?�Erecting shelter �?�Gathering edible plants �?�Fishing, hunting and trapping game �?�Locating and collecting fresh water �?�Starting fires and cooking food �?�Navigatin

User reviews

LibraryThing member foof2you

If the economy keeps going down this book will even more valuable. This book tells how to survive. How to distinguish edible plants and bugs. How to make shelters, find water, make fire this is a great book to have if camping and hunting do not com natually to you.

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LibraryThing member LisaMaria_C

This book deals with survival in the desert, the tropics, under arctic and subarctic conditions and at sea. Topics include treating insect and snake bites, making wooden and stone knives, starting a fire, obtaining water (it details how to make a solar water still and make polluted water

drinkable), creating a shelter, finding your direction using the sun and stars--and all sorts of ways of getting food--including the Universal Plant Test. This is an Army manual created by the Department of Defense--it's expert and deadly serious. This is for soldiers in very serious conditions (and no doubt camper and those spending time in the wilderness would find it useful--it's like a grown up scout manual.) But this also makes surprisingly lively reading for an armchair adventurer and can be very useful to a fiction writer trying to get the details of survival right.

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LibraryThing member reader1009

nonfiction. Things learned: how to make fire (carry matches and dry tinder); how to look for water; how to hunt/forage for food; how to build a temporary shelter. If given the choice to consume polar bear liver or seal liver, don't do it--the high vitamin A content is toxic.

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