best book read

[Dino]

What is the best bushcraft/survival book that you have read, be it story or instruction. what is the best book to take with you on a bivy

 

[fredcraft]

There's a book that I've been looking to buy and I gotta say it seems like a good inspirering read in the wild. "One Man's Wilderness, An Alaskan Odyssey" is the journal of Dick Proenneke (http://www.dickproenneke.com/), a man that at age 50, left New York to go live in Alaska and be self-sufficient. The guy started from scratch and built an awesome cabin and observed nature over 30 years !

I've seen his video in parts and I gotta say it made me want to buy the whole package with the dvd and all

Take care,
Fred

 

[The Joker]

There's a book that I've been looking to buy and I gotta say it seems like a good inspirering read in the wild. "One Man's Wilderness, An Alaskan Odyssey" is the journal of Dick Proenneke (http://www.dickproenneke.com/), a man that at age 50, left New York to go live in Alaska and be self-sufficient. The guy started from scratch and built an awesome cabin and observed nature over 30 years !

I've seen his video in parts and I gotta say it made me want to buy the whole package with the dvd and all

Take care,
Fred

I've got thye dvd and its fantastic, so the book must be amazing

 

[Voivode]

I'm not really into writing reviews, but if you liked the video you'll like the book.

 

[Greg]

I know it will sound like a bit of a cliche but Ray Mears Survival Handbook is a very good read and also Woodcraft and Camping by Nessmuk.

These are my two favourites.

 

[Pablo]

It's got to be Woodcraft and Camping by Nessmuk for me. Inspirational and more importantly light enough to carry
Pablo

 

[C_Claycomb]

Dunno about "bushcraft" books. Some are purely instructional, some are more like stories, then you have the ones which are biographical in nature. All pretty different and hard to compare with one another.

For survival, I have to go with Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales. I think the review I did is in the Reviews section. Not about the mechanical tasks of surviving, but all about the mental aspects, including why people get into such situations.

I have taken a number of books away with me when in the bush and have only rarely ever read bits of any of them. I don't find reading and camping, let alone bivvying, go together. Things like http://scoutmaster.typepad.com/axegrind.pdf can be useful if you print them out.