This a list of books that I figured would be needed in an after TSHTF community. I am sure that there is another hundred that I have overlooked, so if you can add to it please do.
Trades Book List
Chemistry, Metallurgy, HAVAC, Construction, Welding (all), Arch/Mech/Elec. Drafting, Structural, Construction, Controls, Computer, Electrical, Stationary/ Plumbing, Mapping/ Survey, Fluid/hydraulic, Mechanical Solar/wind/hydraulic energy, Gas/diesel Engines, Die making, Smelting/metal casting, mining, black smithing.
Homesteading
Log home, Carpentry, Wainwright, Pottery, Tanning, Shoe making, Tack/saddles, Weaving Looms, Carding, Dyeing/ cleaning, Cement/form making, Herbal medicines, Plant/herb drying, Brewing/Distilling, Food canning/preserving, Farming, Charcoal making, Sailing/boating, Net fishing, Smoking meat/fish/game. Husbandry, Veterinary.
Medical
Prescription Drug guide, Nursing, Emergency surgery, Combat first aid, Allergies, Palliative care , Paediatrics.
Survival
SAS, survival handbook, Tracking, canoeing, birch craft, bush lore, emergency shelters. military field SOP's. Improvised munitions, demolitions, defensive structures, improvised weapons, stealth/camouflage.
Many of these books may be controversial, and may throw up red flags all over ?home security agencies?, but this is my idea of a survival library should contain.
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
What a great list. My favorite book is titled 'The Have More Plan' by Ed & Carolyn Robinson. It was written in the '40's' to help families provide for themselves during and after the war, and is as applicable now as it was then. It is a free download on line in pdf format. Just search the title.
Here's my title list to get:
- Making Native American hunting, fighting and survival tools
- Liquid Gold
- Primitive Technology
- The Humanure Handbook
- Small Scale Grain Raising
- Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game
- Seed to Seed - Seed saving
- A guide to Canning, Freezing, Curing and smoking Meats
- Root Cellering
- Fat of the Land - Adventures of a 21st Century Forager
- Earths Blanket - Nancy Turner
- Food Plants of the Coastal First Peoples - Nancy Turner
- Northwest foraging
- Mushrooms of the pacific Northwest
- Preserving Foods without Freezing or Canning
- Living off the Sea - Charlie White
- Drift Fishing
- Deer skins into Buck skins
This my list for now but will probably add more.
The books I have:-
-Smart Permaculture Design
-Earth Users Guide to Permaculture
-Lawns into lunch
-Home grown
-The berry book
-Fabulous food from every small garden
-The permaculture home garden
-No dig gardening
-Fruit growing
-Hard times handbook
-Survival (in Australia) Handbook
-(Australian) Bushcraft
-Organic Gardening in Australia
-Readers Digest Back to Basics
-Harvesting the Suburbs
-General, Organic and Biological Chemistry
-Human Anatomy and Physiology
-Homeopathic medicine at home
-The healing garden
-Complete raw juice therapy
-Warm house Cool house
-The good life
-Every last drop
-Reclaim, recycle and reuse
-composting
and lots of printed material (in my folder) including: Humanure Handbook PDF, making a bow & arrows, how to make a wicking bed, campfire cooking, trapping small game etc etc
Russell Coight....outback legend