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Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills by Thomas J. Elpel

In Primitive Living, Self-Sufficiency, and Survival Skills, author Thomas J. Elpel shows how to discover nature by using it with the same techniques employed by the first people to wander the earth. 

The book includes dozens of skills and techniques that anyone can learn to meet the needs of clothing, shelter, fire, and water. It's a must read for any serious outdoorsperson.

  • Paperback
  • Illustrated with over 350 photographs
  • Stay warm and comfortable even without a blanket
  • Start a fire using friction 
  • Make bows and bone arrowheads
  • Butcher a deer, tan the hide, and make soft buckskin clothing
  • Identify edible plants of the Rocky Mountains
  • Cook in the wild without a pan
  • Make birch bark canisters, willow baskets, and primitive pottery
  • Create and use simple stone knives 
  • 208 pages
  • Dimensions: 11"H x 8.5"W

ISBN: 9781493069286

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Down East Books® was the book publishing division of Down East magazine. It published its first book, Leroy the Lobster and Crabby Crab, in 1967, and this beloved children’s book is still in print. Even today, this book, along with the nearly 1,000 other books published since, is a testament to the enduring appeal of Maine. The Maine mystique is difficult to express in writing, but you know it when you arrive here and feel it.
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