This is a book for the independent and adventurous-minded man. It offers useful but often long-neglected skills and imparts wisdom gleaned from many sources, including servicemen, explorers, mountaineers, sailors and adventurers of every kind. Here, among many other manly virtues, the reader can learn how to navigate by the sun and stars, tickle a trout, survive a sandstorm, safely cross a swollen river, land a light aircraft, cope with suspected...