Because of the many comments inquiring about available books on prepping, I've decided to open this post up to that subject. I've read two recently that were, in my opinion, outstanding. I've included their titles and a very brief description of the content of each. I would encourage others to do the same for any with which they have read in the comment section. Perhaps we can start a small network of preppers who would be willing to loan and borrow to help share knowledge of the prepper lifestyle.
1)How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It: Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times - James Wesley Rawles
This is a book containing very detailed instructions on how to prepare for disasters. It covers everything from food to defensive weapons. From early alert systems to tactical preparedness. Most of the things covered in this book are used practically in the next book by the same author. Very good reference book.
2)Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse - James Wesley Rawles
This publication is a fiction book on the practical application of knowledge gleaned from the aforementioned manual. It was easy to follow, and kept you intrigued. The suspense and the way it explained the use of prepper methods made me understand why you do certain things the way the 1st manual explained. I loved it and read it twice.
How many of you have read books on prepping, extreme or otherwise, that you'd recommend? How about instructional books? Canning? Smoking and drying meat?
Maybe you have a book or two that you would like to trade, sell or loan. This is a good opportunity to meet and network as so many have expressed an interest in doing.
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8 comments:
Everything is in the Foxfire Series of books from the lips of people that actually live that way and not some doomsday fanatic around the corner from Burger King
Backwoodshome.com is a source I use daily. They have excellent articles and offer many books on the subject. It is difficult to stock a pantry to prepare for a disaster let alone a long term fiasco and they have a good article about how to begin stocking your pantry at $10.00 per week.
Most of the articles are free but they do have subscriptions available which they prefer to be paid for in silver.
I just finished a book called "Meat Smoking And Smokehouse Design". Really good! It has a lot of technical information you can use on different types of meats. It has a handful of recipes but the technical info is the valuable part. I won't loan it or trade it because I can go back to it in case I forget something. I got it from Amazon and it is written by Stanley Marianski. Good book because when electric goes out for a long time freezers will be useless amd dried and smoked meat lasts a long time. We are going to smoke some of the deer we killed this year to work the bugs out. Practice makes perfect. One day we may have to do it.
The foxfire books I read are good. They teach about being self sufficient. I never saw one that teaches about first aid or guns for self defense. Are there any good book about that that anyone knows of?
like prepper2k I like (How to survive the end of the world as we know it) & (Patriots) by James Wesley Rawles. lots of good stuff But if you read these books you need to read HTSTEOTWAWKI first.
"Prepping" is all well and fine if you can afford to,but some of us are living paycheck to paycheck out here in the real world.It is all we can do to get through THIS week,let alone stock up for next year.
12:45 I know what your talking about but there are still things you can do with little money. Just surf the net & you tube the more you know the better off you'll be.
Also 12:45 find a group. They are everywhere. Right in your neighborhood. Help them with the planting and harvesting on weekends. Everyone has skills that are valuable. Also, we use inexpensive things like Ramen Noodles to mix with meat and vegetables to make a meal. You can buy a case for about $7.00. A case has about 30 packs in it. Use half and stockpile half. I know it's tough. Lord knows I know. But you have to do this for you and your family.
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