How to Live in the Woods

From making a simple fire for a night in the open, to constructing your very own log cabin, this book draws together all of the expert skills and advice that will prepare you to survive--or thrive--in the wilderness. Whether you want a weekend of peace and quiet or a much longer break from the bustle of civilization, these pages contain all you need to know about finding shelter, food, and warmth and embracing a simpler day-to-day existence in the wilderness.
 
Tips for short-term survival and long-term relocations include:
 
Setting out: Basic equipment to survival knife techniques
 
Shelter: Emergency bivouacs to building a log cabin
 
Water: Finding a spring to digging your own well
 
Fire: Rubbing sticks to constructing a brick oven
 
Food: Nuts and berries to hunting and trapping
 
On the Move: Basic map techniques to building a raft

Sam Martin, previously senior editor at This Old House magazine, is the best-selling author of How to Mow the Lawn, How to Keep House, and Manspace: A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory. Before that he lived in a tent in the forests of British Columbia for eight months while working as a tree planter.
 
Christian Casucci learned the "way of the woods" at an early age by accompanying his father on many a camping adventure zigzagging across the United States. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Darcy, and writes for television and film.