Desert Survival Handbook : How to Prevent and Handle Emergency Situations

by Dennis Smith, Charles A. Lehman

This easy-to-read handbook provides the reader with the basic survival skills necessary to deal with emergencies in the desert. The author uses a variety of scenarios to illustrate survival techniques. Lehman also stresses the importance of considering "what if" to prepare for potential emergency situations.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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Reviews

[Mark Mullins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bought this in Furnace Creek, Death Valley, after my first visit there. Essential. Online research is convenient and I researched before the trip and (mostly) followed preventive measures during the camping trip but this is a charming old-fashioned classic. it's a concise practical guide specifically slanted toward my kind of overconfident city slicker who thinks survival is a call and a store away. Although you can hear a subtle chuckling behind the tales if woebegone arrogance, the author is not making fun of ignorant folks. He 's trying to make a deadly serious point and the same time instill the confidence that, with the simplest tools and preparations, anyone can survive an emergency in a harsh and potentially threatening environment

[Lolo S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book covers the "what" more than the "how" of desert survival. Need to get rescued? You better have a real good understanding of how to build a signal fire or how to use a reflector mirror, because this book tells you to do so, but glosses over the really intricate details. What can I expect? This isn't a comprehensive guide. It's the size of a Reader's Digest. But with way more goofy pictures. Ideally, I would just have been a Boy Scout, and learned all this shit already.

[Daniel Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book to read once or twice, if you ever intend to do desert traveling. I definitely learned a few things, and more broadly the book helps you think through "What If?" situations for how you could handle emergency situations.