ROBERT W. PELTON’S OFFICIAL EMERGENCY SURVIVAL GUIDE

by Robert Pelton

Overview

What they are saying about Robert W. Pelton’s Official Emergency Survival Guide
“I can’t say enough good things about this book. It is the finest I have ever read. I heartily recommended it to all of my students.”
Barbara Cram – One of America’s Top Survival Instructors
“If Heartland USA had a ‘Seal of Approval,’ this book would surely carry one.”
Tom Dodge – Heartland USA
“A must have book. No thinking American should be without a copy.”
Bruce Hopkins – Best Prices Storable Foods
“Pelton has outdone himself.”
Liberty Library
“A wonderful book.”
Frank Stauffer – Criminal Politics
“This is one of those books to keep within easy reach.”
Phil Spangenberger – Guns & Ammo
“A must have survival manual.”
Bourke Mason – Denver, Colorado
“No doubt the best survival guide in the world – the most complete, practical and easy-to-use manual I have ever seen.”
Vic Harris – Top U.S. survival instructor
Section 1
1. Building a Fire 10
2. How and What to Cook 15
3. Any Shelter is Better Than No Shelter 22
4. You Can’t Do Without Water and Stay Alive for Long 32
5. Obtaining Animals for Food 39
6. Catching Fish for Food 43
7. Preparing Animals, Fish and Fowl for Cooking 47
8. Hygiene is Important Even in the Wilderness 51
9. Day or Night – You Don’t Have to Get Lost 52
10. Insects, Plants, Snakes and Other Hazards 55
11. Properly Using Your Sleeping Bag 65
12. Miscellaneous Survival Tips 66
Section 2
13. Vital Body Functions……………………………………………..72
14. Basic Lifesaving Measures (ABCD)……………………… ……………74
15. Opening the Airway and Restoring Breathing 78
16. Restoring the Heartbeat 83
17. Stopping Bleeding 88
18. Dressing and Bandaging Wounds 93
19. Preventing a Person From Going Into Shock 101
20. Moving Someone Who is Seriously Hurt 103
21. Improvised Litters or Stretchers 116
22. Treating Severe Injuries and Wounds 118
23. How to Handle Bone Fractures 123
24. Proper Treatment of Burns 136
25. Sun or Heat Related Injuries 138
26. Cold Related Injuries 142
27. Snakes, Spiders and Scorpions 148
28. Insect Stings and Bites 153
29. Miscellaneous Medical Conditions…………………………………….157
30. Pointers on Preventative Medicine 165
31. Unusual Medical Treatments That Really Work 170
32. The Anatomy – Things You Must Know 175
33. Packing an Emergency Medical Bag 176
Section 3
34. Cooking Edible Wild Plants 179
35. Fruit and Berries Found in the Wilds 184
36. Wild Plants Used as Vegetables 191
37...Ferns as a Good Food Source 244
38. Trees -- an Excellent Food Supply 247
39. Mushrooms to Eat or Not to Eat 254
40. The Art of Making Nourishing Tea 255
41. Edible Plant Identification 256
42. Poisonous Plants and How to Avoid Eating Them 291
43.. Poisonous Plant Identification 296
Section 4
44. Making Plant Medicines for Survival 306
45. Medical Problems and How to Treat Them 307
46. Identifying Plants with Medicinal Properties 386

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013394636
Publisher:	Freedom & Liberty Foundation Press
Publication date:	09/21/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Robert W. Pelton is considered to be one of the most respected survival experts in the country. He was the featured speaker on survival and long term food storage at every major national exposition during the Y2K scare in the 1990s.
He has published a series of four outstanding pocket survival manuals which were the result of 30 years of intense data collecting and firsthand experience, both in and outside the military.
These unique survival guides were designed to fit in a backpack and have been widely proclaimed by many leading authorities to be the best and most practical of their kind in the world.
Robert W. Pelton proudly claims a heritage going all the way back to well before the War for American Independence. One of Mr. Pelton’s ancestors, John Rogers, came to America on the Mayflower and was one of 41 signers of the Mayflower Compact.
Another, John Smith was one of the founders of Jamestown.
Peleg Pelton served as the fifer in the Continental Army at age 18 during the Battle
of Saratoga (1777) and again in Yorktown (1781).
Captain Peter Hager was Commander of the Old Stone Fort in Schoharie, New York, in 1780.
Another, Captain Bezaleel Tyler fought in the only Revolutionary War Battle taking place in Sullivan County, New York. Here he fought against Mohawk Chief Thayendeneges, who was also known by the name of Joseph Brant,
Mr. Pelton is a member of Sons of the Revolution (SOR), and Sons of the American Revolution (SAR).

Pelton has been much in demand as a speaker to diverse groups all over the United States on a great variety of survival subjects pertaining to both suburban and wilderness survival techniques. Included are such topics as buying and stocking a backpack, building shelters in the wilderness, long-term food storage for the home, edible and medicinal plants, and so on.
For a Power Point Presentation covering the Words, Dreams, Beliefs, and Aspirations of Our Founding Fathers, Survival topics or Cooking and Baking in the American Colonies contact Mr. Pelton at 865-523-9523; 865-776-6644; FAX [phone]; or by e-mail at:
Tom R. Murray offers this: “Mr. Pelton puts together rare combinations of intellectual energies as a writer and speaker that will captivate all levels of an audience.