The Wilderness Survival Guide: Techniques and know-how for surviving in the wild

I read this book the same day I got it cover to cover. it has lots of great ideas and tips and tricks of the trade of bushmanshipi am ex-army, and grew up as a scout. I highly recommend this book to any of us who wish to stay alive in the field. It is a great addition to my existing skills. Thank you so much Joe.

great survival tips. this is a well written little book that covers a lot of different terrains. could be used by a large variety of people.

Fix the Bible book written by someone in England. Very good book, with a lot of different ways thoughts about do how to do it or why.

Great coverage on layering clothes, best materials to wear, and great descriptions of all survival techniques. A lot of things that were so easy and I never would have thought of them to stay alive. Great book.

Product as described, will be giving this to my boyfriend for Christmas. He saw it online and asked for it as a gift, I know he'll love it!

Gift for my 12 year old grandson and he loved it.

Was ok, pretty basic stuff.

don't waste your money

Es hat mir großen Spaß gemacht, dieses Buch zu lesen. Die Lektüre war nicht nur unterhaltsam, sondern auch informativ bzw. lehrreich. Joe O'Leary gelingt es, den Leser mit seiner Leidenschaft, Zeit in der Natur zu verbringen, anzustecken. Anders als in vielen Survival-Ratgebern geht es in diesem Buch - auch wenn der Titel es anders vermuten lässt - mehr um Bushcraft bzw. Primitve Wilderness Living Skills. Mir gefällt das Buch vor allem aus dem Grund, dass England hinsichtlich Flora, Fauna und Gesetzgebung Deutschland stärker ähnelt als z.B. die USA. Die vorgestellten Pflanzen findet man auch in Deutschland. In vielen US-Büchern geht es sehr stark um Jagen, Fallenstellen, Fischen etc., also alles Dinge, die für den Normalbürger hier nicht möglich sind. Von daher ist mir das Buch inhaltlich viel näher.Joe O'Leary verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung und lässt den Leser an dieser teilhaben. Er schreibt also nicht nur über Ausrüstung, sondern auch über seine persönlichen Erfahrungen damit. Dies zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch das Buch. Es werden nicht nur einfach Techniken vorgestellt, sondern es ist stets eine persönliche Note dabei. Joe O'Leary schreibt darüber, was für ihn funktioniert, was sich in vielen Jahren der Praxis bewährt hat.Zwei Dinge werden in dem Buch nicht behandelt: Navigation / Orientierung und Erste Hilfe. Auf beides geht er kurz im Vorwort ein. Dies sind für ihn so wichtige Grundlagen, dass er empfiehlt, dort eine vernünftige, professionelle Ausbildung zu suchen anstatt dies auf ein paar Seiten abzuarbeiten. Wer an diesen Themen interessiert ist - für mich gehört Navigation auf jeden Fall zur Bushcraft-Grundbildung - sollte dies berücksichten und ggfs. auf eine gesonderte Lektüre zurückgreifen.

Is this the best and most comprehensive survival book in the world? No. But what it is is a very good starter (one of the best I have read). It is not written by someone claiming to be an SAS god or an overcommercialised TV personality (who use ghost writers anyhow). This is a book written by someone real, honest and humble and who - above all - just loves the woods and nature. This respect and admiration for our natural surroundings comes to live in every page and this is what makes this book so much pleasure to read. At times I wished for that extra layer of detail ... stopping at sentences such as 'and you could also make this from that' but not really explaining how leaves you wanting for more. It would be great if Joe wrote another book for the intermediary.All in all, one of my favourite survival guides (and I have read a lot of them) because it is so practical, down to earth and it works! The drawings are clear, much more so than some (TV channel sponsored) books with a lot of 'fashion photography' and 'product placement!This is as real as it gets. No nonsense, no commercialisation and a fun and funny read by a good writer.

This book is excellent with a wry sense of humour thrown in for good measure. The structure as a manual is clear, logical and concise. Evidently lots of experience has been distilled into c300 pages of well written dummy through to expert guidance.I met some of his school tutors at the Bushcraft show and they were just as well informed and operated with the same humorous deft skill displayed by Joe in his book.Read it, practice & practice again in a "safe-space", review then go out and do it for real.I would give every Scout/Explorer (maybe even Cub) a copy and know they'd have a better chance of having a safe, warm, dry, well nourished & watered camp.

This is a good book for amateur bushcrafting, it's easy to understand and has drawings to help show how to do things. Some photos would've been better in my opinion. Showed me some things I didn't know so I'm happy.

I was looking at survival courses to go on and found one and one of the instructors, Joe O'Leary wrote a book. I looked at the feedback and it seemed really well so I ordered it. Glad I did as it covers a lot in easy to read the writing. some of the chapters are the basic, fire, shelter and cutting tools like you see in most books like this. What to take with you, how to pack a bag, trapping, outdoor cooking and crafts are a nice touch. the pictures are drawings but good enough to get the idea of what they are describing. Overall if you are into bushcraft, survival or prepping it's a good book to read.