The Book of Survival: The Original Guide to Staying Alive in the City, the Suburbs, and the Wild Lands Beyond

This book is fun and full of fascinating things. I began reading it in New York City and finished it in the Scottish Highlands. In both places there was lots of information here to equip me in the case of emergency. In fact it's hard to think of any place or eventuality which this book doesn't cover. The next time I'm trapped in a car underwater, I'll know what to do. Sorry the reviewer from Hollywood didn't like it. Maybe he's upset at the lack of survival advice for unemployed actors.

I read this book and it is insightful, truly helpful, and packed with good, solid information. I am an avid outdoorsman, athlete, SCUBA diver, mountaineer, and never have I come across such a well presented in-depth, "survive everything" book. The book first was published in the 60's and has been out of print until now. I saw the negative review below and was appalled that the reader just didn't get it. Perhaps the reader below didn't appreciate the unique style of Greenbanks approach. Greenbank refers to this as "telegraph" style. Or maybe the reader was secretly the author of a competitive book. Whatever it may be, ignore it. Tony Greenbank is real. His ideas are sound and many people have been utilizing his ideas for more than 30 years. It is a book worth having, reading, and remembering.

This book is filled with Awesome information you never know when you'll need. Everyone is faced with a Crazy situation at some point, this book covers just about every predicament a person could Possibly get into. Whether on land or at sea, in the city or in the wilderness, chances are the problems you could face are covered in this book. The chapters are divided into different Ails such as, Too Lonely, Too Hot, Too Dark, and Too Thirsty. This makes it easy to find the solution to your crisis in no time. Two Thumbs Up!

Funny, intelligent and highly useful. A dense pot-pourri of life saving information that has real uses. From practical situations--saving yourself and your family if your house is on fire--to less common but no less dangerous situations...this book has it all. It is easy to read and uniquely organized. Check it out!

This book, printed in 1976, has the distinction of being the best-organized, most comprehensive survival book ever written. Concise, calm, logical, it addresses nearly every situation that deviates from the norm, categorized in a very easy-to-find method: Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Wet, Too Lonely, etc. The shame of it is that the book is no longer published, but while many *kinds* of survival texts are published, this is the only one that you need.