I have gotten some EXCELLENT suggestions from everyone here, thank you!

The thing I have noticed is that on my weekly trips to the bookstores in the area, It seems that every week some yahoo comes out with a new survival book. Granted, some of them are great, some are just slick printed clay stock with pretty pictures and conflicting info at best.

I had also noticed some time back that Doug does not seem to be updating the survival bookshelf reviews. Anyone know the story on that? It would seem, with the great proliferation of new books, it might be a worthwhile endeavour for someone to keep up with the reviews and new postings.

Also, I came across an interesting old one from 65.

The Art of Survival by Cord Christian Troebst, original copyright 1963 (German) American translation and copyright 1965. It looks well written, with no flashy pictures. . .

Chapter 1 Should we Train for an Emergency?
Chapter 2 Learning to Survive
Chapter 3 Survival in the Desert
Chapter 4 Survival at Sea
Chapter 5 Survival in Snow and Ice
Chapter 6 Survival in the Tropics
Chapter 7 Survival after Plane Crashes
Chapter 8 Today's rescue equipment-
Good and Bad
Chapter 9 What Man Can Stand

Any thoughts on this one? I've not started reading it yet.


One other one comes to mind Survival Psychology by John Leach.

Amazingly, I was able to secure a copy about 2 years ago. As great as the info is, I am surprised it has not been reprinted.

Wesley