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This is so informative and great to have this lost knowledge.
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Book came shrink wrapped and in new condition. Great quality cover, easy to read print with color photos. I don't know what book the people that left the reviews about the poor quality of the print and black & white photos, but it was not this one. My wife and I bought this as a gift and couldn't be happier.
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Hubby bought this book for his Prepper tendencies and his love of nostalgia. He made sure that I read it too, since I love gardening, canning, and the ways of the olden days. If you are concerned with how the world has changed recently, this book should be on your reading list. Plus, the cover is gorgeous and looks great on our bookshelf.
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The pictures are beautiful with great detail & descriptions for beginner to basic leveled skilled persons. Fast shipment. Beautiful hardcover & happy to have on top my lil' display of books by my 5th Wheel front door area. Thumbed thru & excited to learn ways that will benefit me as I've moved up to the mountains on unimproved land in Northern Idaho with basic combat/survival skills from my years in service, now retired & living out of my 5th Wheel, single female & lot's to still learn. I have barely survived my 1st winter up here & need help starting up my homestead & becoming self sufficient & eventually self sustaining. I have disavowed away from modern harmful chemical medicines, GMOs, processed meats, foods with preservatives, toxins, etc & tho I'm taking many organic natural supplements & remedies for my health & eating cleaner, I want to learn what to grow, produce & how to process the herbs & remedies I want on hand for relief from inflammation, pain, ready for injuries, keep warm etc. Plus grow my own organic healthy foods. I think I'll learn a lot from this book. I study a lot as internet remains available, but possible I might need something in writing to reference if we loose internet capabilities. I have issues with short term memory & if the internet goes away for any lengthy period, I'll still be in the dark, but now I have this book to refer too! So, I need things in writing with picture references to help me learn what to gather & how to process what I gather. I don't have a large space or extra funds to store supplies or lot's of food & water for lengthy emergencies. Only room for maybe a month for myself, my goats, dogs & cats. What if food shortages from our local farms or grocery store occur for longer periods than my monthly supply? But, I do live in a forest filled with plants & animals to gather from to become self sufficient if I must. That is my storage of resources/supplies, right behind me in the forest. But I need to learn how to gather & what to gather safely so I can sustain & keep my goats, chickens, dogs & cats all fed, healthy & safe. I have more infrastructure to still build & in need of more tools. Some tools can be made. I wish to learn all of the old ways, so I'm not relying on county/city power, fuel, even the spring waterpump & services to repair it or rely on the local stores. As of this morning, the water pump broke! Will be repaired in a couple days & I had emergency water on hand. But, one day, I might have to sanitize water from the spring or creek myself in the dead of winter for my animals & myself! You never know. The old ways are the hard ways, but in today's unstable climate (social & economicly speaking), just having a large supply or go bag isn't the final solution. The solution will be to know HOW to gather, hunt, grow, process, repair, medicate....from scratch with no outside resources or services logistically able to provide me the aide & supplies I will always need. This is my long term solution if things continue to get worse & all essential resources are no longer made available to any of us. Storage of supplies is not the answer for me. Survival when your storage supplies, power, running water run out, is the answer for me. Thank you for writing this book! I already feel much better knowing I have a large reference to go to if power & internet are no longer available.
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This was the perfect gift for my Dad, I had seen an Advertisement for it on YouTube. I went and confirmed some of the information with my Dad, when it was true and he said not many of these types of books exist but he'd like to own them. So I purchased it for my Dad as a late Father's Day and Anniversary present(my mom and dads wedding anniversary), I was very happy that he was pleased with the book. It's quite lovely and splendid with a ribbon bookmark as part of the book, and beautiful colored and clear photos of edible and non-edible plants, also very informative. I'm very glad that I was able to find this book for my Dad. Helps my anxiety a bit too should he and my Mom ever find need of it when traveling on the rare occasions they do. ♡
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I love this book and well worth the $50 I paid for it. Its well written and very informative. The author really teaches the innings and outings of how things work, what doesn't work, and why its better to do it this way than that way. It starts off with a disclaimer that this is only a basic guide not the ultimate source of subject information. Not only that theres also a ton of cool history facts sprinkled along the way. Old recipes and plenty of pictures and sketches showing how to build, make, or cook whatever is in the book.
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I purchased this book for my partner & they are very happy with it. The cover & pages are all in excellent condition. The book contents is full of intriguing, useful information & advice. Like a grandma/grandpa in an inanimate object, easily carried around by your side, to call upon tips, tricks & essential ideas from the old world.
Yeah… we REALLY like the book. ;-P
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I really enjoy learning how brilliant our ancestors were.
We can and do learn a lot from that book. A good read....really !!
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A great and easy reference for so many survival skills. Would recommend every household to have this
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Love this book. I will use it every day. Recipes, identification of valuable herbs and plants for optimal health.
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Gave me a new hobby! Acorn collecting and acorn bread baking. Sounds dorky but I needed a hobby. The book has some cool survival tips for if you dont have internet, but I think it's most fun to find new hobbies with it.
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With great facts about so many different methods and uses for resources found in nature, this book is sure to prepare you in many ways.
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AWESOME BOOK! AND UNLIKE THE HATER IN COMMENTS.. THESE WAYS ARE BEING LOST. I DIDNT KNOW MAKING HARDTACK, PEMMICAN, SOAP, GUN POWDER, BEER , BREAD, CURING MEAT.. MAKING YOUR OWN MEDICINE WAS COMMON SENSE ANYMORE.. NEVER TRUST NEGATIVE REVIEWS.. THEY ARE NEGATIVE PEOPLE!
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When I received the book I opened it just to get a quick look and ended up spending the next three hours glued to it. I couldn't put it down ! Well written and interesting information that was fun to read. Thanks Claude.
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Learned a lot and grateful to have it to complement and add value to my other survival books. I think it's a great price since mine came with 4 digital downloads of multiple books AND an audio of the lost ways. Recommend!
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Finally found a book that has everything my grandmother made when I was growing up
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These books are amazing, nicely done easy to understand the information in them is wonderful. I recommend these books to anyone and everyone they are absolutely a must have!! Can not wait to get more from this Author!!
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This is a very interesting book, which features many ways of life that our forebears (mostly about the pioneers and the distant settlers of the US in the 1800s, as well as about several Native American groups, and also even about the samurais of Japan) relied upon, long before us and our modern conveniences. Yes, you will learn a lot of ways of life that has been long lost.
This book discusses many foods that many people ate along with their recipes. It's like how the pioneers relied upon potato pancakes (which is one of very few old ways that is still enjoyed today), along with many other common dishes that are long forgotten. I thought that the hardtack biscuits that the US Civil War soldiers ate almost on a regular basis were really interesting. In fact, I made some myself to get the experience of trying them; and these hardtack biscuits are almost nothing more than flour and water (with a little salt). And these hardtack biscuits can last for more than a century. (I strongly suggest softening them up before consumption, and the book tells how the Civil War soldiers did this before eating them. Hardtack biscuits, after they cooled, are very hard-hence their name). You will also learn about pemmican, a northern North American food, by the Native Americans of the area, in which they perfected long-term meat preservation in pemmican, long before refrigeration. The book also discusses how to make pemmican too. Then, they talked about how many people relied upon wild plants and how certain wild plants (or more specifically certain parts of wild plants) were edible, and there were many of these wild plants discussed. (I have to mention that you or anyone else should never eat any wild plants or parts of wild plants unless you have a certified expert alongside you. I myself will only do it this way). However, it's also interesting to note that blueberries were quite relied upon by pioneers and distant settlers of the past, as they are today (and I love blueberries too)! Then, there were discussions of smokehouses and root cellars, which were ways that people preserved perishable foods, again long before refrigeration. There was also a presentation of pit houses, common among certain Native American groups of the past, which some were houses, made out of the side of hills, with a convenient entrance doorway and interior rooms. In this book, you will learn that people of long ago also dropped silver coins in their water to help control bacterial growth. This practice was once not only used by pioneers and setters but also by long-voyage seafarers. There was a long discussion about the sheriff, and how sheriffs were trusted and elected law-enforcement officials during the 1800s out westward, and how the roles of sheriffs and their deputies were very important during the days of isolated settlements. We also would learn that these sheriffs really had to do a good job in order to keep their respect from their settlement communities. On this topic of sheriffs, the book even suggests implementing this type of law enforcement (involving the sheriff), should there be a major disaster of any kind, and that communities would have to heavily fend for themselves, until governments can restore order. And there was also how the samurais of medieval-to-early-modern Japan sharpened their katana swords using water and sharpening rocks. I even learned in this book for the first time that the samurai used a secondary short sword as well, called the wakizashi. The long discussion about charcoal as a filtering agent, however, was overall interesting too, but it was very, very lengthy in the book. This topic was so long that I couldn't wait until the book got to the next topic. This was the only reason why I didn't give this book five stars.
There were many (but not too many) discussions about historical backdrops, which will help the reader understand the content. Also, what was good about this book was that the print is large and will not strain your eyes, and there are many (but not too many) pictures. I would recommend this book. Once again, you will learn a lot about many day-to-day ways that our forebears relied upon. I myself will certainly be trying more dishes that the pioneers once enjoyed, long before us.
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One of the better books in my library it's full of information that you may have known but can't remember the exact way or how much of something.
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Like many, I found this book by watching an ad on youtube ;)
I don't know why, maybe because I am interested in SHTF stuff, so I have ordered the book.
And I like it. It is written in a good "digestible" and entertaining way; I have been learned something new, and I am still reading this book -- almost done. Good cover. Good paper quality. Nice color photos and illustrations. I like it. I cannot give 5 stars right now because there are some long botany references or food recipes parts that I had to skip, but it is a good read in general.
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