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Participating in Nature : wilderness survival and primitive living skills / Thomas J. Elpel.

Wilderness survival and primitive living skills. (portion title)
Elpel, Thomas J. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781892784308
  • ISBN: 1892784300
  • Physical Description: 202 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: 6th edition
  • Publisher: Pony, Mont. : HOPS Press, 2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Plants (Identification basics -- Common and Latin names -- The digging stick -- Wild food economics -- Wild gardening -- Natural farming -- The ethics of killing -- Worthwhile plant food resources -- Edible lichens -- Savory syrup -- Starchy roots -- Fabulous fruits -- Harvesting seeds -- Nutritious nuts -- Mushrooms) -- Animals (Sneak stalking and trust stalking -- Animals and ecosystem processes -- Global warming -- Holistic management -- The quickie-bow -- Flintknapping thoughts -- Bone arrowheads -- Making arrows -- All about hide glue -- Sinew preparation -- Wildlife laws -- Butchering a roadkill deer -- Gutting a deer -- Skinning a deer -- Butchering basics -- Primitive hunting -- Deadfall traps) -- Clothing (Braintan overview -- Braintanned buckskin -- Freeze-tanned buckskin -- Sewing buckskin -- Shoes, moccasins, and sandals -- Tire sandals -- Wool clothing and blanket ponchos -- Felting) -- Sunset (Backpack overview -- The bedroll pack -- Packframes -- Mining and wilderness -- Trade-offs in packing gear -- The equipment checklist) -- Afterword : the art of nothing.
Sunrise (Earthskin -- The Pony Mill site -- Our place in the world -- Positive impact -- Participating in Nature -- The cost of gold -- Finding a home and making a stand) -- Mind (Nature as wallpaper -- Discoidal stone knives -- Saving the world -- Technology philosophy -- Twined baskets -- Evolving neural networks -- Primitive living as metaphor -- Personas and acting -- The information age -- Split-willow deer -- Perceptions of reality) -- Shelter (Goals -- The elements of shelter : shingling -- Efficiency -- The elements of shelter : insulation -- Adapting shelters to the environment -- The elements of shelter : fire -- Recouping your investments -- The elements of shelters : air-proofing -- Impacts and reclamation -- The earth lodge -- Choosing a location) -- Fire (Bowdrill fire-starting -- Bowdrill technique -- Starting bowdrill fires with damp materials -- Survival bowdrills : fire from nothing -- Handdrill fire-starting -- Handdrill technique -- Other friction fire-making methods -- Flint and steel fire-starting -- Principles of fire-starting -- Campfire logistics and safety -- Splitting matches -- Energy conservation) -- Water (Birch bark canisters -- Giardia and water purification -- Water conservation -- Crapping in the woods -- Fishing by hand -- Making cordage from natural fibers -- Twisting fibers into cordage -- Primitive fishing tackle -- Skinny-dipping) -- Cooking (Tin cans/stainless steel cans -- Cooking without a pan -- Coal-burned containers -- Making hollow-log drums -- Cooking in a gold pan -- Stir-fry without a pan -- Ashcakes : bread of the modern Abo -- Bamboo spoon/fork and chopsticks -- Stone ovens and steam pits -- Complete proteins -- Primitive pottery : harvesting wild clay -- Adding temper -- Wedging the clay -- Making pinch pots -- Making coil pots -- Drying pottery -- Firing time -- Cooking in clay pots -- Beliefs about food -- Mice and hantavirus) --

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Outdoor life.

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