Booklist Part 2
By Neal Ritter
I love books. When I was eleven years old, my uncle gave me a survival skills book for my birthday. I carried that book everywhere, carefully examined every page. Over the years, my interests have moved a little away from strictly survival skills, to a broader selection of books ranging from bushcraft to primitive skills to historical accounts of the lifeways of indigenous people. Some of these are a great resource for primitive skills practitioners in Colorado, others come from locations around the world. Two of my favorite I can’t even read as they are written in Dutch! Here is a list of many of my favorite primitive skills books in terms of instructional resources. Enjoy!
General Skills
- Primitive Technology edited by David Wescott
- Primitive Technology II edited by David Wescott
- Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
- Practicing Primitive by Steve Watts
- Participating in Nature by Thomas Elpel
- Bushcraft by Mors Kochanski
- Earthknack by Bart and Robin Blankenship
- Primitive Wilderness Living and Survival Skills by John and Geri McPherson
- Bushcraft Handboek by Rene Nauta and Beke Olbers (in Dutch!)
Skill Specific Books
- The Universal Toolkit by Paul Douglas Campbell
- Deerskins into Buckskins by Matt Richards
- Buckskin by Steven Edholm and Tamara Wilder
- Tanning Game by Hanna Nore
- The Traditional Bowyer’s Bible volumes 1-4
Enthographic Resources
- Survival Skills of the Primitive Paiutes by Margaret Wheat
- Survival Skills of Native California by Paul Campbell
- Indian Fishing by Hilary Stewart