How to Survive Anywhere: A Guide for Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Wilderness Environments

by Christopher Nyerges

Book Overview

Well-illustrated, easy-to-follow, step-by-step survival instructions Practical tips for anyone, anywhere, in almost any survival situation

This unique book addresses the basic survival skills needed to keep you alive and healthy in the woods, suburbs, and city. Each chapter focuses on a primary area of concern--water, fire, food, shelter, clothing, tools, and weapons--describing in detail practices applicable to all environments. This one-of-a-kind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811733041
• ISBN13: 9780811733045
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent all around reference on Survival

I found the book well laid out and interesting. Lots of good photos and great information.

HOW TO SURVIVE ANYWHERE

"HOW TO SURVIVE ANYWHERE" is an excellent survey of survival tools, materials, techniques and strategies covering widely diverse circumstances. As a lecturer on "Post Crash Wilderness Survival" for the FAA, I find this book a valuable resource including information and techniques previously unknown to me. For anyone making a study of the subject of survival, this is a valuable addition to their library.

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This Book is a must have for anyone that is serious about learning survival. IF your in Southern California You should check out his weekend classes as well.

Awesome book

This is a great book for anyone with an interest in survival. The author does a great job making it readable to anyone. Lots of great tips that can be used in just about any environment.

This is a valuable book

There are a great many books on survival in all manner of settings, but I've not seen one that attempts the scope of this one. I found his style straightforward and engaging, and the material very helpful. I can't emphasize enough how much ground this book covers. No single book will be the comprehensive manual for all scenarios, and Nyerges doesn't attempt that. What he does, and well in my opinion, is to provide a solid general foundation that can be applied to a wide range of circumstances, situations which are likely to become relevant to not just the outdoorsman, but also to the average person living in cities prone to floods, earthquakes, and other such crises. Sure, as one of the other reviewers mentioned, given the breadth of what's covered the author might have provided more detail in some sections. But for most people that would mean a book that weighs in at more than a thousand pages and winds up spending more time looking impressive on someone's book shelf than in their hands where it can inspire good thinking about these things. As the author himself points out, there are other resources where more detailed information can be found on specific topics, and Nyerges provides those references. But at the same time he covers the basics sufficiently here, and in many cases goes beyond the basics. Is this book the ultimate bible on saving your skin? I don't think any single book will be. But as an introduction to the skills and awareness needed to survive in a wide range of likely scenarios, this book does what it sets out to do, and in a format that's accessible for the average reader. I've bought a few copies for friends and family, and even have one more on its way to me now.