Country Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Live Off the Land

by M. John Storey, Sunset Magazines & Books, The Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Boards

Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579123686
• ISBN13: 9781579123680
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.3" x 13.6"

Customer Reviews

Super Helpful!

I found this book to be super helpful and inspiring. I learned a few things so far that have really helped me. If I could buy additional copies for family members, I would but it's hardly in stock lol.

Meh hard read that doesn't keep my attention

It's really extensive but a boring read and the instructions aren't very clear. My perception wasn't anywhere near what I had received. Where it is impossible to garner what is in my head and what actually is. The book is long and printed on newsprint paper. It overindulges you in some subsections like hunting and again, the instructions are really unclear. One thing that really disappointed me was on snakebites. It's only advice is to remain calm. Don't believe the movies and try and suck the poison or have any one try. Also it says get to a hospital. This was extremely disappointing. If the stinky brownbutter hits the fan, like it looks like it will pretty soon.. well I doubt there will be fuel and I doubt many people will want to go to a hospital anymore. I was just hoping that how to make things from the purest form into like soap for instance- would be.. instead it tells you to fetch this or that from the store. Uh I'm preparing for not having that luxury. I don't know like I said the useful things to me and what I was looking for very far off the mark on this. Good for someone who wants to primitive hunt ans how to track animals.. how to size up attacks by animals and making a fishing pole. Good stuff indeed, but not the angle I was looking for.