Includes index.

Ch. 1 Building Your Kit -- Plan the Scope of Your Trip -- Ten Cs of Survivability -- Core Temperature Control -- Tools -- Comfort -- Convenience -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 2 Natural Resources -- Pine -- Willow -- Poplar -- Oak -- Sassafras -- Birch -- ITEMize -- Medicinal Preparations -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 3 Wooden Tools And Simple Machines -- Throwing or Digging Stick -- Anvil Stump -- Spear or Gig -- Maul or Mallet -- Wedges -- Simple Woodland Machines -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 4 Advanced Firecraft -- Primitive Fire Starting -- The Bow and Drill Method -- Flint and Steel Method -- Solar Fire -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 5 Sheltering -- The Four Ws -- Establishing a Base Camp -- Roving Camps -- Permanent Shelter Options -- Earthen Structures -- Camp Amenities -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 6 Knots, Bindings, Weaving, And Looms -- Cordage and Ropes -- Knots -- Basket Weaving -- Weaving -- Tablet Weaving -- A Simple Peg Loom -- Inkle Loom -- Waist Loom -- Nets and Net Making -- Tumplines -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 7 Trapping -- Animal Behavior -- Animal Sign -- Lower-Food-Chain-Resources -- Water-Type Traps -- Types of Primitive Traps -- Trapping Birds -- Hunting -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 8 Preserving Food Sources -- Flours and Meals -- Nuts -- Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs -- Fruit Leather -- Plant Sources of Storable Foods -- Saps -- Meat -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 9 Hid Preservation, Tanning, and Clothing Repair -- Small Hides -- Large Hides -- Rawhide -- Making Leather -- Clothing Repair and Reproduction -- Repair Stitches -- Simple Clothing Patterns -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 10 Woodworking -- Tools -- Dimensional Lumber -- Workbenches -- Besom -- Axe and Tool Handle Replacement -- Making a Wood Bow -- Making Arrows -- Tips and Tricks -- ch. 11 Blacksmithing -- Blacksmithing Tools -- Sources for Metal -- Working with Hard Metal -- ch. 12 Containers and Conveyances -- Water Containers -- Baskets -- Clay Vessels -- Boats -- Pack Frames -- Tips and Tricks -- Appendix A: Tarp Setups -- Appendix B: Dutch-Oven Cooking -- Appendix C: Cloud Charts -- Appendix D: Primative Navigation -- Appendix E: Mineral Hardness Scale -- Appendix F: Measurement Conversions -- Index.