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In simple, friendly language, enlivened with humor and stories from his own extensive experience, David Alloway offers a practical, comprehensive handbook for both short-term and long-term survival in the Chihuahuan and other North American deserts. The topics he covers are:
-- Intelligence: The Ultimate Survival Tool
-- The Priorities of Desert Survival
-- Survival Kits
-- Water
-- Fire
-- Shelter
-- Aiding Rescuers
-- Expedient Vehicle Repairs and Uses
-- Chihuahuan Desert Plant Resources
-- Chihuahuan Desert Animal Resources
-- Expedient Tools and Weapons
-- Weather Hazards
-- Desert Hazards, First Aid, and Sanitation
-- Traveling and Wayfinding
-- Debriefing
-- Wilderness Survival Schools
-- Equipment Sources
Details
- Title Desert Survival Skills
- Author David Alloway
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 2nd Printing
- Pages 269
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Texas Press, Austin
- Date 2000-07-01
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780292704923 / 0292704925
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 5.78 x 0.69 in (23.11 x 14.68 x 1.75 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Desert survival, Desert survival - Chihuahuan Desert
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99053302
- Dewey Decimal Code 613.69
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Citations
- Library Journal, 07/01/2000, Page 124
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