365 Essential Survival Skills: Knowledge That Will Keep You Alive Kindle Edition

There is a lot of good information in this book but it suffers in two main areas. First, it directs to the web for too many details. For that reason, I probably won't be taking it to my bug out location. I will be lucky enough just to have a generator and some sort of lighting. In a grid down scenario I'm not likely to have internet. In fact I seriously doubt anyone will. Secondly, the photos and plant descriptions are not very good and they really need to be in color.

Whether it's water handling, fire starting, shelter building, foraging for food, tying useful knots, preparing food in the wild or building traps for food, this volume is chock full of informational "how to" notations. You could read one a day for a year, I suppose, but it's worth reading it through all at once then practicing a skill a day. Recommend highly

Most of what's in here does not have examples of pictures. Use your money to buy a good survival guide.

When you see survival skills in the title you think it will help in a survival situation but throughout you are instructed to get on the internet and view videos for the skill and in a survival situation you won't have the internet to use. There are good parts in it but if I were to carry a book with me in a back pack I want a comprehensive book.

I like how Creek went about organizing this particular book. It looks at survival skills from different angles, i.e. seasonal, most important needs, different terrains as well as variations to some of the skills. He also does a great job linking you to extended content from his site that enhances his book. You can tell that he put a great deal of time and thought into his book and it was worth the wait. I hope to never be in a life or death survival situation and my hope is that I could apply some of these skills to make the difference. So many of these skills aren't exclusive to a survival situation...in fact all of them can be used while you're in the outdoors to enhance your experience. It also tells me that you don't have to bring every little thing with you but instead improvise a little bit with what's available around you. The more you know the less you need to haul on your back.

I'm a big fan of Creek Stewart, and I have quite a few of his other books, all of which I would rate 5 stars. I have never failed to learn something useful from one of his books, and there is new and useful information in this book. That said, this book disappointed me. There were often 3 skills to a page, which doesn't permit much explanation. Some of the skills, such as most of the knots, had no illustrations, but referenced an on line video. Videos are great as additional enhancements, but when I buy a hard copy book, I expect it to be able to stand alone. Some of the skills needed an illustration or photo but didn't have either. Some of the 365 skills are duplicates of those published in his Survival Hacks book.With Creek's immense experience and skill set, I expected all new material, with enough explanation and illustration to convey the information well. I'm disappointed but still a fan, and would still buy the book.

If you already have some of Creek's books, this may feel a little bit like a re-hash. The book is good overall, but a book that mentions quite a few knots should include how to tie them instead of "look at this webpage". Each of the 365 skills is a good skill to know, but the skills jump all over the place instead of being grouped together by subject. This is partly by design since the skills are grouped by season.I like the other Creek Stewart books that I own, but this one is somewhat disappointing.

I have every one of Creek Stewart's books (which there are many if you include the Pocket Field Guides). He is very informative, down to Earth, and easy to understand. He makes survival skills easy to learn and fun. I recommend all his books for a complete survival library. He covers it all and this book is no different.

This is not quite what I expected. The photos are black and white and some of the skills give rather brief descriptions.Mediocre at best

Good to have in your library as a instruction and reference book. I have several of Creek's books and enjoy them especially the book on the bug out vehicle.

Did not know it wears on black & white.Present

This book is worth penny, It is informative, in easy to understand format. I will go through it several times and practice many of the authors skills.