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SAS Survival Guide Handbook (Collins Gem)
written by John Wiseman
Studio : Collins
by Collins
Release Date : 2006-03-28
Publisher : Collins
Released : 2006-04-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780060849825
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 57 reviews)
List Price : $7.95
Our Price : $3.98
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This is the definitive guide for all campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers, including: - First aid and wilderness medicine
- Building shelter and making fire
- Hunting and trapping
- Pocket survival kit
- Disaster preparedness
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Wow! This book is tiny! |
The product description clearly states the size of the product but I hadn't really paid attention to it. I just knew that this edition of the book is a smaller version, handy to keep in your backpack.
Backpack? Back pocket is more like it. It's about the size of a deck of cards. While that means there's no excuse not to take it with you, it also means that the type is awfully small. If you wear reading glasses be sure to pack a pair or two along with the book.
I would have preferred that they use larger pages and make the book thinner. But I can't really argue with the decision they made. Most people will probably prefer the fatter but smaller dimensions.
The book, by the way, is impressive. Wiseman is indeed a wise man who knows what he's talking about.
If you do buy this book I think you should seriously consider buying its bigger brother, SAS Survival Handbook: How to Survive in the Wild, in Any Climate, on Land or at Sea too. That way you'll have the best of both worlds. An easier to read edition for home, which will allow you to read and study it thoroughly and this very small, very portable version you just might want to take everywhere. |
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A Great Wilderness Survival Overview |
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I think the reader of the SAS Survival Guide would also benefit from a survival guide that focused exclusively on the readers own region. But the SAS guide presents a very fine overview of survival in just about any region and circumstance. It is a must have for any survivalist. |
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A Must for Everyone |
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Jammed with critical info, buy a copy of this little book for your car, home and backpack. |
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Excellent coverage |
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I wanted a manual for an emergency pack, and I got exactly what I was looking for: A general manual, with broad topic coverage, easy to understand. Also, the small size is easy to pack. I've ordered more for all my packs now. |
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Pocket survival guide |
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This book has a lot of helpful survival tips which hopefully you would never actually need, but it is interesting to read. If you like to spend a few days out "living off the land" this book can give you some help. I was a bit surprised by the small size of the book. This is a very small book which was not evident from the main listing. The dimensions are listed down in the details, but it will fit in a shirt pocket and has very fine print, so if you don't have perfect eye sight, a magnifier of some sort would be helpful. The US Army and Ranger survival manuals, also available through Americancivilwar, are more along the lines of a larger size paperback book as far as page size goes.The SAS book will fit easily into a backpack pocket. |
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