Reddit mentions of Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills (Second Edition)

This!

I'd pick up a copy of Back to Basics

Hard to say when you'll need any of the stuff specifically, but I feel like the book contains how to do just about everything my parents know how to do, but I never bothered to learn.

I'm a big fan of this book. Covers a lot of topics.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0895779390

I would suggest investing in field guides and outdoor survival books, which I am in the process of doing as well cause this is a genuine fear of mine too. That said, I have one of the greatest books ever, the Reader's Digest Back to Basics - How to learn and enjoy traditional american skills. I've got the version that was published in the late 70's, they've come out with a couple editions since then but the first one is the best, although hard to come by. My dad gave it to me and told me he has referred to it hundreds of times over the years. If shit were to go south, that's the first thing I'd want with me!

Back to Basics book

http://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Traditional-American-Skills/dp/0895779390