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Participating in Nature: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills
Participating in Nature Thomas J Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills Author:Thomas J. Elpel Discover nature by using it! Learn to meet your needs for shelter, fire, water, and food. Tom's guide gives you a direct, hands-on experience of the world around you. With this book you will discover the thrill of staying warm and comfortable without even a blanket! Experience the magic of starting a fire by friction. Learn about the ed... more »ible plants of the Rocky Mountain region and the techniques to process them, plus "primitive gourmet" cooking skills. Braintan the hides from your fall hunting trip and manufacture them into durable clothing. Also covered are: sinews, hide glue, backpacking, felting with wool, fishing by hand, stone knives, wooden containers, willow baskets, twig deer, cordage, stalking skills, trapping, and tire shoes. Participating in Nature includes dozens of innovative skills and nearly 200 illustrations, plus an encompassing philosophy. Tom does extensive experiential research. He places an emphasis on publishing new information that is not found in any other source.« less