Bradford Angier

On Your Own in the Wilderness (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The classic guide to living amid wild, unspoiled nature by a legendary outdoorsman and an experienced survivalist. A longtime Army colonel, Townsend Whelen later became renowned for his passion for wilderness exploration and his skills as a rifleman. Bradford Angier, inspired by Henry David Thoreau and possessing the same adventurous spirit, advocated for back-to-the-land living and wrote extensively on outdoor survival skills. In this book, they collaborate to offer a guide to discovering the inexpressible thrill of primitive country, the workshop of nature, and the appreciation of wilderness technique. Unspoiled regions possess a quiet beauty and peace-no artificiality, no crowds, all woods uncut.There is unbounded satisfaction and pleasure in successfully meeting the challenge of the wilderness. Colonel Townsend Whelen and Bradford Angier have combined their vast experiences camping and bivouacking to produce the perfect guide to peace and utter freedom. If the wilderness calls you, they invite you to join them and talk about how to live in it.They explain what from their experience they found to be the best ways of entering wild and unspoiled country, of finding their way through it with the right knowledge and equipment, and of living there in comfort and safety. On Your Own in the Wildernessis their explicit direction on how to escape to an earthly paradise.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 337
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780811766333
• Artikelnr.: 49348126

Autorenporträt

Bradford Angier (1910 - 1997) was a wilderness survivalist and the author of numerous bestselling books on nature, survival, and living off the land. His writing is supplemented by text from noted survivalist and naturalist writers including Gregory J. Davenport, Christopher Nyerges, Jon Young, and Tiffany Morgan.