Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival
By: Tom Brown, Jr., with Brandt Morgan ; illustrated by Heather Bolyn.
Contributors: Morgan, Brandt.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780425091722; 9780425068151
Copyright date: 1984
Subjects: Survival skills.; Survival and emergency equipment.
Other titles: Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival.
Description: Today most Americans live in the city or suburbs--a safe, comfortable life, at least on the surface. Few of us realize how close we are to the elemental struggle for survival, until disaster strikes. Yet it is possible to be prepared. In this uniquely practical handbook, Tom Brown, Jr. gives you the specific skills and detailed knowledge you need to protect yourself and those you love in almost any emergency.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: - Alternative heat and light sources; title: - Preventing and coping with electrical failure; title: - Automobile survival techniques; title: - Protecting your home from intruders; title: - Unconventional food sources for the city dweller; title: - Surviving earthquakes, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, and more; title: - Guarding against urban crime