These books about outdoor living skills, primitive skills, homesteading, wilderness survival, and camping are the best resource on the interwebs. 🙂 Well, as good as we’ve found! So no matter whether you’re looking for, you’ll likely find a free download or a hard copy to purchase and read over and over again! Knowledge is power!
“Books are but stepping stones to show you where other minds have been.”
– JOHN MUIR, US naturalist, 1838—1914
Book Title Author Name Year Published Downloadable Purchase 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive Lundin, Cody 2003 N/A 
A Cook On The Wild Side Fearnley-Whittingstall, Hugh 1997 N/A Buy This Book 
A Field Guide To Animal Tracks Murie, Olaus 1954 N/A Buy This Book 
A Field Guide To Mammal Tracking in North America Halfpenny, James 1986 N/A Buy This Book 
A Refernce Guide to Medicinal Plants: Herbal Medicine Past and Present Crellin and Philpott 1989 N/A Buy This Book 
Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea Callahan, Steven 2002 N/A Buy This Book 
Arctic Manual Stefansson, Vihjalmur 1913 N/A N/A Axe Manual of Peter McLaren McLaren, Peter 1929 Download Now N/A Basic Blacksmithing Harries, David and Bernhard Heer 1993 N/A Buy This Book Being Your Own Wilderness Doctor Kodet, Dr. E. Russel 1972 N/A Buy This Book 
Blue Mountain Buckskin Riggs, Jim 1979 N/A Buy This Book 
Botany in a Day Elpel, Thomas J. 2004 N/A Buy This Book 
Bungalows, Camps and Mountain Houses Comstock, W.T. 1908 Download Now N/A Bush Arts Kochanski, Mors 1989 N/A Buy This Book 
Bushcraft Graves, Richard 1978 N/A N/A Bushcraft Kochanski, Mors 1987 N/A 
Bushcraft How to Live In The Jungle And Bush Graves, Richard (Wontolla) 1944 N/A Buy This Book 
Bushcraft Skills and How To Survive In The Wild Akkermans, Anthonio 2007 N/A Buy This Book 
Cache Lake Country Rowlands, John J. 1947 N/A Buy This Book Camp and Trail White, Stewart Edward 1907 Download Now Buy This Book Camp Cookery Kepharrt, Horace 1910 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camp Craft: Modern Practice and Equipment Miller, Warren Hastings 1915 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camp Kits and Camp Life Hanks, Charles Stedman 1906 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Gibson, W. Hamilton 1882 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camp-Lore and Woodcraft Beard, Daniel Carter 1920 N/A 
Campers' Guide to Woodcraft and Outdoor Life Henderson, Luis M. 1972 N/A Buy This Book 
Camping Lockwin, Alexandra G. 1911 Download Now N/A Camping and Camp Outfits Shields, George O. 1889 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camp and Outing Activities Cheley, F.H. and G. Cornelius Baker 1915 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camping and Woodcraft Kepharrt, Horace 1917 N/A 
Camping for Boys Gibson, Henry William 1911 Download Now Buy This Book 
Camping in the Old Style Wescott, David 2000 N/A 
Camping Out Miller, Warren Hastings 1918 Download Now N/A Camps in the Rockies Baillie-Grohman, William Adolf 1882 Download Now Buy This Book 
Canoe and Camp Cookery Soule, Henry H. (Seneca) 1885 Download Now Buy This Book 
Canoeing and Camping Cruikshank, James A. 1915 Download Now Buy This Book 
Country Woodcraft Langsner, Drew 1978 N/A Buy This Book 
Culpeper's Herbal Remedies Culpepper, Nicholas 1816 Download Now Buy This Book 
Deadfalls and Snares (Illustrated Edition from 1906) Harding, A.R. 2011 N/A Buy This Book 
Deep Survival Gonzales, Laurence 2004 N/A Buy This Book 
Desert Survival Skills Alloway, David 2000 N/A Buy This Book 
Desert Survival Tips, Tricks & Skills Nester, Tony 2003 N/A Buy This Book 
Ditch Medicine Coffee, Hugh 1993 N/A Buy This Book 
Down But Not Out Royal Canadian Air Force 1965 N/A N/A Earth Knack; Stone Age Skills for the 21st Century Blankenship, Robin and Bart Blankenship 1996 N/A Buy This Book 
Eddie McGee's Complete Book of Survival McGee, Eddie 1988 N/A Buy This Book 
Edible Wild Plants; A North American Guide Elias & Dykeman 1982 N/A 
Emergency Navigation Burch, David 1989 N/A Buy This Book 
Essential Bushcraft Mears, Ray 2003 N/A Buy This Book 
Field Guide To Edible Wild Plants Angier, Bradford 1974 N/A Buy This Book 
Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass Gatty, Harold 1999 N/A Buy This Book 
Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses Miller, James; Kark Miller 1999 N/A Buy This Book 
Handbook for Boys Boy Scouts of America 1912 Download Now N/A Handbook of Knots and Splices Gibson, Charles 1995 N/A Buy This Book 
Harper's Camping and Scouting Grinnell George Bird and Eugene La Forrest Swan 1911 Download Now Buy This Book 
Hints for Camping and Walking: How to Camp Out Gould, John Mead 1877 Download Now Buy This Book 
Home Manufacture of Furs and Skins Farnham, Albert S. 1890 N/A Buy This Book 
Home Tanning and Leather Making Guide Farnham, Albert S. 1922 N/A Buy This Book 
How to Stay Alive in the Woods Angier, Bradford 1962 N/A Buy This Book 
Hunting with a Bow and Arrow Pope, Saxton 1947 N/A Buy This Book 
Indian Fishing Stewart, Hilary 1994 N/A Buy This Book 
Indian Herbalogy of North America Hutchens, Alma R. 1973 N/A Buy This Book 
Into The Primitive: Advanced Trapping Techniques Martin, Dale 1989 N/A Buy This Book 
Knife Making Bergman, Bo 1997 N/A Buy This Book 
Knowledge of the Ancestors Leech, Ryan 2008 N/A Buy This Book 
Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival Ashcroft, Frances 2002 N/A 
Living Off the Land: A Manual of Bushcraft Austrailian Army Education Service 1944 N/A Buy This Book 
Log Cabins and Cottages: How to Build and Furnish Them Wicks, William S. and William A. Bruette 1908 Download Now Buy This Book 
Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas Radford, Ahles, Bell 1964 N/A Buy This Book 
Mountaineering Denton, Clinton Thomas 1892 Download Now N/A Mountaineering Wilson, Claude 1893 Download Now N/A Mountaineering Art Raeburn, Harold 1920 Download Now Buy This Book 
Mountainman Crafts and Skills Montgomery, David 2008 N/A Buy This Book 
Nature's Garden; A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants Thayer, Samuel 2010 N/A 
New Ideas for Out of Doors; The Field and Forest Handy Book Beard, Daniel Carter 1906 Download Now N/A New Way of the Wilderness: The Classic Guide to Survival in the Wild Rutstrum, Calvin 1958 N/A Buy This Book 
Northern Bushcraft Kochanski, Mors 1989 N/A 
On the Trail; An Outdoor Book for Girls Beard, Lina and Adelia Belle Beard 1915 Download Now N/A On Your Own in the Wilderness Whelen, (Col.) Townsend 1965 N/A Buy This Book 
Outdoor Survival Skills Olsen, Larry Dean 1967 N/A 
The Outdoor Survival Handbook Mears, Ray 1993 N/A Buy This Book 
Outdor Life and Indian Stories Ellis, Edward Sylvester 1912 Download Now Buy This Book 
Paradise Below Zero: The Classic Guide to Winter Camping Rutstrum, Calvin 2000 N/A Buy This Book 
Participating in Nature Elpel, Thomas J. 1992 N/A 
Passport to Survival: Four Foods and More to Use and Store Dickey, Esther 1974 N/A Buy This Book 
Performing in Extreme Environments Armstrong, Lawrence E. 1999 N/A Buy This Book Plants of the Cherokee (manuscript from the 1950s) Banks Jr., William H. 2004 N/A Buy This Book 
Practical Hints on Camping Henderson, Howard 1882 Download Now Buy This Book 
Practicing Primitive: A Handbook of Aboriginal Skills Watts, Steve 2005 N/A 
Primitive Living & Survival Skills McPherson, John & Geri 1993 N/A Buy This Book 
Primitive Outdoor Skills Jamison, Richard L. 1999 N/A Buy This Book 
Woodsmoke: Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills Jamison, Richard L. 1997 N/A Buy This Book 
Primitive Technology 2: Ancestral Skills Wescott, David (ed.) 2001 N/A Buy This Book 
Primitive Technology: A Book of Earth Skills Wescott, David (ed.) 1999 N/A 
Primitive Wildernes Skills, Applied & Advanced McPherson, John & Geri 2001 N/A Buy This Book 
Ranger Medical Handbook US Army Special Operations Command Roughing it Easy Thomas, Dian 1974 N/A Buy This Book 
Roughing it Easy 2 Thomas, Dian 1977 N/A Buy This Book 
Roughing it with Boys: Summer and Winter Camps in Maine Hinckley, George W. 1913 Download Now Buy This Book 
Shelter, Shacks, and Shanties Beard, Daniel Carter 1914 Download Now Buy This Book 
Staying Alive! 117 Days Adrift Bailey, Maurice and Maralyn 1974 N/A Buy This Book 
Summer in the Girls' Camp Coale, Anna Worthington 1919 Download Now N/A Survival Janowsky, Chris & Gretchen 1989 N/A Buy This Book 
Survival Arts of the Primitive Paiutes Wheat, Margaret M. 1977 N/A Buy This Book 
Survival Psychology Leach, John 1994 N/A N/A Survival Skills of Native California Campbell, Paul D. 1999 N/A Buy This Book 
Survival Skills of the North American Indians Goodchild, Peter 1999 N/A Buy This Book 
Survival Wisdom & Know How Stackpole Books (editors) 2007 N/A Buy This Book 
Surviving the Extremes: A Doctor's Journey to the Limits of Human Endurance Kamler, Kenneth 2004 N/A Buy This Book 
Teknologi Kampungan: A Collection of Indigenous Indonesian Technologies Thorburn, Craig 1982 N/A Buy This Book 
The American Boy's Handbook of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft Beard, Daniel Carter 1920 Download Now N/A The Basic Essentials of Desert Survival Ganci, Dave 1991 N/A Buy This Book 
The Best of Woodsmoke Jamison, Richard L. 1982 N/A Buy This Book 
The Book of Survival Greenbank, Anthony 2003 N/A Buy This Book 
The Book of Woodcraft Seton, Ernest Thompson 1921 N/A Buy This Book 
The Book of Woodcraft and Indian Lore Seton, Ernest Thompson 1921 Download Now N/A The Boy Scout's Hike Book Cave, Edward 1913 Download Now N/A The Boy's Book of Hunting and Fishing Miller, Warren Hastings 1916 Download Now Buy This Book 
The Bushman's Handbook Lindsay, Harold Arthur 1976 N/A N/A The Camper's Handbook Holding, Thomas Hiram 1908 Download Now N/A The Camper's Own Book Bryan, George Sands and Harry C. Phibbs 1913 Download Now Buy This Book 
The Canoe Pinkerton, Robert 1914 Download Now Buy This Book 
The Complete Book of Heating with Wood Gay, Larry 1974 Download Now Buy This Book 
The Complete Snow Campers Guide Bridge, Raymond 1973 N/A Buy This Book 
The Complete Trees of North America; Field Guide and Natural History Elias, Thomas S. 1980 N/A Buy This Book 
The Foraging Spectrum: Diversity in Hunter-Gatherer Lifeways Kelly, Robert L. 2007 N/A Buy This Book 
The Complete Woodsman Provencher, Paul 1974 N/A N/A The Forester's Manual: Or, The Forest Trees of Eastern North America Seton, Ernest Thompson 1912 Download Now Buy This Book 
The Modern Hunter-Gatherer: A Practical Guide to Living Off The Land Nester, Tony 2009 N/A Buy This Book 
The Natural Navigator Gooley, Tristan 2012 N/A Buy This Book 
The Official Handbook for Boys Boy Scouts of America 1920 Download Now Buy This Book 
The S.A.S. Survival Handbook Wiseman, John 'Lofty' 1986 N/A 
The Sportsman's Workshop Miller, Warren Hastings 1921 Download Now The Sportsman's Workshop 
The Trappers Bible: Traps, Snares & Pathgaurds Martin, Dale 1987 N/A 
The Ultimate Desert Handbook Johnson, Mark 2003 N/A Buy This Book 
The Way of the Woods: A Manual for Sportsmen in Northeastern U.S. Breck, Edward 1908 Download Now Buy This Book 
The Wilderness Handbook Petzoldt, Paul 1974 N/A Buy This Book 
The Wilderness Route Finder: The Classic Guide to Finding Your Way in the WIld Rutstrum, Calvin 1967 N/A Buy This Book 
The Winter Wilderness Companion: Traditional and Native American Skills for the Undiscovered Season Conover, Garrett & Alexandra 2000 N/A Buy This Book 
The Woodcraft Manual for Boys Seton, Ernest Thompson 1917 Download Now Buy This Book 
Two Little Savages; A Book of American Woodcraft for Boys Seton, Ernest Thompson 1903 Download Now N/A When All Hell Breaks Loose Lundin, Cody 2007 N/A 
Wild Animals I Have Known Seton, Ernest Thompson 1912 Download Now N/A Wilderness Canoeing and Camping Jacobson, Cliff 1977 N/A Buy This Book Wilderness First Responder (NOLS) Tilton, Buck 1998 N/A Buy This Book 
Wilderness Survival Guide Alford, Monty 1987 N/A Buy This Book 
Wildwood Wisdom Ellsworth, Jaeger 1945 N/A 
Winter: An Ecological Handbook Halfpenny, James and Roy Ozanne 1989 N/A Buy This Book 
Winter Wise: Travel and Survival in Ice and Snow Alford, Montague 'Monty' 1999 N/A Buy This Book Woodcraft (First Edition) Sears, George W. (Nessmuk) 1884 Download Now N/A Woodcraft and Indian Lore Seton, Ernest Thompson 1930 N/A Buy This Book 
Woodsmanship Mason, Bernard S. 1945 Download Now N/A Mountain Medicine: The Herbal Remedies of Tommie Bass Patton, Darryl 2004 N/A Buy This Book 
