Secrets of the forest
Subtitle: The magic and mystery of plants and the lore of survival
By: written and illustrated by Mark Warren
Publisher: Waldenhouse Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Signal Mountain, TN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781935186816
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Wilderness survival; Handbooks, manuals; Survival; Nature; Miscellanea
Description: "Magic and mystery of plants; identifying and using 100 wild plants as food, medicine and craft; the lore of survival; primitive shelter, water purification, tools, cooking, cordage, insect repellents, traps and snares. Over 200 original hands-on activities; 293 illustrations."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The magic and mystery of plants. In the beginning : there are plants; title: The pieces of the whole; title: Venturing out into the known and the unknown; title: How to interact with plants; title: Plants are waiting for you; title: 100 plants and their many gifts; title: Browsing the green market : edible plants of the wild; title: The green pharmacy : medicine from plants; title: A lifetime supply of everything : the utilitarian lore of plants ; Poison ivy ; Winter botany; title: Part 2. The lore of survival. The first step : getting started in survival skills; title: The ties that bind : cordage; title: Oh, give me a home : shelter building; title: Sticks and stones : the multi-use rabbit stick; title: Water, water everywhere : water purification; title: Hors D'oeuvres of protein : adventures with larvae; title: A kitchen in the forest : cooking in the wild; title: An army of silent hunters : traps and snares.