Reddit reviews A Complete Foxfire Series 14-Book Collection Set with Anniversary Editions (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 plus 40th and 45th Anniversay Editions)
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Where there is no Doctor ,
Where there is no Dentist ,
Foxfire Series ,
The Foxfire series is broad and has a diverse amount of information from snake handling for worship, building a smoke house, and carving a "fiddle."
Joy of Cooking Has instructions on cooking turtles, rabbits, squirrel etc.
Many of these books are available online PDF.
Right on, brother. But most people don't know how to prepare. Here's a quick starter:
Core Concepts
Spiritually-speaking, you have to be prepared for the reality that people will die in the event of a disaster, and that you may be in that number. Face your mortality, come to grips with it, and know that you will someday die, and that day might be today. Once you've worked that out -- and it isn't easy -- then you're less prone to panic in emergency situations and more likely to act quickly and decisively, which will save your life and the lives of those around you should you survive the initial event. Get to know that "higher power" in which you can place your trust, faith, and confidence, and you'll hold your own life with an open hand.
Also, do not rely on emergency services like 911 -- assume the standard communications lines will be down, and that emergency personnel will be otherwise too occupied to respond anyway. Take ownership and responsibility for your own well-being and for that of your family. Even if your wife looks at you like you're a total whack-job, it's worth the peace of mind that comes with reasonable preparedness.
So pack your 72-hour survival preparedness kit, and remember that everyone's individual survival needs will be different. Taylor any list you find online for your own specific and unique needs.
Survival skills will pull you and your family through a long-term -- and even life-altering and life-long -- event. Learn how to hunt, how to build traps, make fires, and build shelters. Study the plants in your area so you can readily identify which are edible, which are poisonous, and which have medicinal properties. Learn how to live like Appalachian folk of previous generations, in a state of absolute self-sufficiency. We survived for a long time without electricity, grocery stores, Facebook, and Google. Figure out how to get there again.
Optimally, you have a semi-automatic .223 / 5.56 AR-15 with several 40-round magazines of XM855, a single-shot bolt-action long-range rifle with scope, a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun with high-grain shot and slugs, and three people who can simultaneously and skillfully operate each one. And everyone should have their own side-arm and blade. This is not about being a local Rambo. This is Tactics 101. If you have this setup, and if you really know how to use your weapon, you're far more likely to survive a situation when you're out-numbered and out-gunned. Personally, I find tactics, rehearsal, and training to be the most important component of the defensive aspect of preparedness.
And the most under-rated component, yet most critical piece of long-term prep, is community. You can have the largest armory and the biggest dick in town, but if you don't have community, someone will take everything you have. Get to know people in your local area who are like-minded. Start having discussions with them about planning. Not a huge group -- just a core of about 3 or 4 families with diverse skills. If your core is strong, your community will grow naturally when the time comes. Ensure you trust these people with your life, and make sure they can trust you with theirs.
That said, AR500 makes some pretty awesome stuff. Stick with the level IV armor, as anything less is only good for hand-gun protection at best. Composite is probably the best option in terms of weight-to-protection ratio, followed by steel, followed by ceramic. I put ceramic last because it's generally good for a single round before it shatters. Steel is OK if it has an absorption foam coating -- otherwise, the round will explode in a radial pattern.
There's a new type of metal foam armor that essentially combines the protection of steel with the portability of composite, but it hasn't yet made it to market. And the carbon fiber armor is prohibitively expensive for the common buyer.
The very least you should have in the way of protection is a basic armored motorcycle outfit, knee pads, and elbow pads. This will provide shrapnel protection, and keep your joints in shape when you need to actually run your tactics in the field.
Remember: Get your mind right, get your shit together, make a plan, and prepare basic necessities. Like I said, you cannot place a value on the peace of mind afforded by reasonable prep, which is good for events ranging from the yearly weather-related inconvenience, to the collapse of western civilization. Stand ready, be watchmen on the wall, and you can act when action is required.
Then remember that living in fear is of no benefit to you or your family. I've seen too many people fall into this trap (myself included), but it is counter-productive, causes stress (which is detrimental to your mind and body), and robs you of the life God intends you to have. For we are not given a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
I'd go see if you can't find a series of books called "Foxfire".
On My Shelf:
Nonfiction:
[where there is no doctor] (https://www.amazon.com/Where-There-No-Doctor-Handbook/dp/0942364155)
[where there is no dentist] (https://www.amazon.com/Where-There-Dentist-Murray-Dickson/dp/0942364058/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0942364058&pd_rd_r=P7QG34TNRGWWJ4VG3CES&pd_rd_w=zUT5r&pd_rd_wg=bQSPa&psc=1&refRID=P7QG34TNRGWWJ4VG3CES)
[emergency war surgery] (https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-War-Surgery-Survivalists-Reference-ebook/dp/B007FH3S8C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111178&sr=1-1&keywords=war+surgery)
[Seed to Seed, a seed saving book] (https://www.amazon.com/Seed-Growing-Techniques-Vegetable-Gardeners/dp/1882424581/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111210&sr=1-1&keywords=seed+saving)
[mini farming] (https://www.amazon.com/Mini-Farming-Self-Sufficiency-Brett-Markham/dp/1602399840/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1602399840&pd_rd_r=QYQGAKY6D2PJX21W5DBC&pd_rd_w=ZSjVd&pd_rd_wg=MKw9N&psc=1&refRID=QYQGAKY6D2PJX21W5DBC)
[square foot gardening] (https://www.amazon.com/All-Square-Foot-Gardening-Revolutionary/dp/1591865484/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1591865484&pd_rd_r=NW7HBPKNFJ2J8JYTR22M&pd_rd_w=kMSVD&pd_rd_wg=v6qzT&psc=1&refRID=NW7HBPKNFJ2J8JYTR22M)
[Ball Canning Guide] (https://www.amazon.com/All-Ball-Book-Canning-Preserving/dp/0848746783/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111296&sr=1-1&keywords=ball+canning)
[Steve Rinella's Big Game] (https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Hunting-Butchering-Cooking/dp/081299406X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111322&sr=1-1&keywords=rinella+guide)
[Steve Rinella's Small Game] (https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Hunting-Butchering-Cooking/dp/0812987055/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0812987055&pd_rd_r=HSSM813BSWTXN5Q77P1R&pd_rd_w=j1UjP&pd_rd_wg=OWNY6&psc=1&refRID=HSSM813BSWTXN5Q77P1R)
[root cellaring] (https://www.amazon.com/Root-Cellaring-Natural-Storage-Vegetables/dp/0882667033/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111429&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=root+cellarig)
[country wisdom and know how] (https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Wisdom-Know-How-Everything-Harvest/dp/1579128378/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111470&sr=1-3&keywords=country+wisdom)
[timberframe construction] (https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Timber-Frame-Craftsmanship-Simplicity/dp/1612126685/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111553&sr=1-9&keywords=cabin+construction)
[Ham radio -tech] (https://www.amazon.com/ARRL-Ham-Radio-License-Manual/dp/1625950136/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492111593&sr=1-1&keywords=ham+radio)
[ham radio general] (https://www.amazon.com/General-Class-License-Manual-Amateur/dp/1625950306/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1625950306&pd_rd_r=12TE98J0V80PC5Z8PMNJ&pd_rd_w=EfgM9&pd_rd_wg=jqqg2&psc=1&refRID=12TE98J0V80PC5Z8PMNJ)
[The FoxFire Series ] (https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Collection-Anniversary-Editions-Anniversay/dp/B00MRH3RYU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1492879953&sr=8-4&keywords=foxfire)
Also pickup up books on useful skills: raising rabbits, welding, different random construction books.
Fiction:
[Lucifer's Hammer] (https://www.amazon.com/Lucifers-Hammer-Larry-Niven/dp/0449208133/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492880068&sr=1-1&keywords=lucifers+hammer)
[One second After] (https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/0765356864/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492880115&sr=1-1&keywords=one+second+after)
[the martian] (https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025/ref=pd_sim_14_41?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0553418025&pd_rd_r=D4JHG0ERDKJXA7NYCZHX&pd_rd_w=vAle5&pd_rd_wg=9wBYx&psc=1&refRID=D4JHG0ERDKJXA7NYCZHX)
[the road] (https://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307387895/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492880272&sr=1-1&keywords=the+road0)
[alas babylon] (https://www.amazon.com/Alas-Babylon-Pat-Frank/dp/0060741872/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492880316&sr=1-10&keywords=babylon)
The Foxfire series.
Foxfire Book Series
This is a book series that has all kinds of ways to build, can, cook, etc as told by people that lived in Appalachia without electricity, running water, etc.
This is your bible right here.
The best resource for this that I know of is The Self Sufficient Life And How To Live It, a book by John Seymour. There are explanations and drawings of pretty much everything you would need to work on a one or five acre holding - with 10 acres you would be even better off. He talks about farming, wood harvesting, butchering, beekeeping, woodworking, and basically anything else you can imagine about being as self-sufficient as possible. If you want to "try before you buy" you can read an older edition [PDF warning] for free. You'll get more information on plant types and other things by purchasing the revised version though. I'd suggest a hard copy in any case.
Carla Emery's book has been highly recommended to me, but I've never read it so I can't say anything about it one way or the other. Most posters here are trustworthy though so if they're suggesting it I would pick that up as well.
If you are looking for other resources, I can suggest the Foxfire series, which deals with how life has been lived in the Appalachian region of the US before the introduction of modern life. There's a lot of good information there if you're willing to put up with a good deal of folklore. Not that the stories contained are bad - they're highly entertaining if nothing else.
Another choice you might look in to is the Village Technology Handbook [PDF warning, again]. This book details a lot of improvised infrastructure items that may be of use to the self-sufficient person. This book can be difficult to find in print - I bought my copy from AbeBooks for about $60.
If you're looking for something that discusses a specific technology or problem, let me know and I may be able to point you to a resource.
Good luck - I wish I had the acreage you do!
Hey OP! This isn't a new idea, actually someone started collecting most all of the knowledge you'll need in the 60's?
Anyway, the book series, and you'll want hard copies, is called Firefox.
He's a link to the collection: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00MRH3RYU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/180-5596677-6772356?qid=1450495707&sr=1-1&keywords=foxfire+books+complete+sets
I believe someone began work on a "Life after Apocalypse" type of encyclopedia that would teach humanity how to do everything we've learned so far... I need to google it.
Edit: This is specifically for the American Southeast but still useful.
In case humanity is nearly wiped out, here's a compendium of human knowledge. It only covers up till 1900... I still need to find where I saw that person tackling more eras...
Just to be sure, you do know that Foxfire is a thing, right?
Really interesting books.
Foxfire Books
The Foxfire book series is really good.
Foxfire series would be a good one to have if you have the money.
Because foxfire is a word that has been around centuries longer than Firefox, and it's also a series of books. When Phoenix was renamed to Firefox I had to do some mental reprogramming because my brain tried to interpret Firefox as the more familiar old word.
https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Collection-Anniversary-Editions-Anniversay/dp/B00MRH3RYU/