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| SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea | 
 enlarge | Author: John Lofty Wiseman
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $11.13
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Avg. Customer Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 275
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0060578793
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.69
EAN: 9780060578794
ASIN: 0060578793
Publication Date: March 2004
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Condition: Brand new item. Over 3.5 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Order with confidence. Code: B20081130225628T
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good general reference. February 16, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great general reference on survival and can give you a solid foundation on which to build further/region specific survival skills.
 best survival guide February 3, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
big but easy
unlike other books, it gives alternatives. and things for difrent situations. i have 2 other highly rated books, and they are nothing to this book. easily guided. best anything book.
great survival guide. nothing to do with SAS besides the author January 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
great survival handbook. not a issue SAS Field Manual like the US Army Survival Field Manual put out by the Department of Defense and issued to US Army soldiers in mountain survival school.
Survive- anywhere. January 17, 2008
478 out of 480 found this review helpful
No need for a long review here. This book was written by a professional soldier who was in the SAS, or the Special Air Service. For those not in the know, that's an elite unit of the British Army trained to carry out operations in ALL parts of the world. Eventually, the author became a survival instructor to the SAS, so you can be sure that this guy knows his stuff.
The book covers all you'd ever want to know about the essentials of surviving in climates such as: the polar region, mountains, seashores, islands, tropical regions, or even at sea. Here's few of the many topics the book covers:
-food, what you can and can't eat
-animal tracking with numerous pics
-color pics of edible plants
-pictures of traps and how to trap things
-how to handle animals you've killed for food
-how to make a camp and various shelters
-knot tying pics
-first aid
-color pics of medicinal plants
-picures of dangerous/poisonous critters
-things to have in a survival kit
A very handy resource for anybody who enjoys outdoor/wilderness activities, it's just a darn good thing to have around in case of emergencies- or even just to look at the pictures! Also recommend Treat Your Own Rotator Cuff if you have a shoulder problem that is interfering with your outdoor activities.
Who Proofread This? January 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Excellent resource, and easy to read. However, I wonder who "proofread" this book...
It's full of simple mistakes that most any word processor software would pick up on. That's really my only complaint. It gets 5 stars for its content and readability. It is quite a matter of factly written book, which is something I for one appreciate in a book of this nature. It gets to the point and doesn't beat around the bush (ha).
Plant pictures are good, animal tracks are good enough to do the job and the cooking instructions for animals and plants are invaluable.
It covers an awful lot of territory, but it does it in a concise and understandable manner. If another author had taken on the challenge, the reader would probably end up overwhelmed. Lofty did a good job. It just doesn't look like he used spellcheck (I know he's a Brit, and Brit spellings aren't what I'm talking about).
I'd reccomdend it over the US Army book, unless you dig poor readability. Besides, the US Army book ought to be free for US (taxpaying) Citizens. They should hand it out right next to Guideon Bibles .
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