Army Field Manual FM 21-76

SURVIVAL
FM 21-76

Originally published in 1957 and then revised October 1970, the U.S. Army Field Manual ("Survival") is a soldiers' reference that should probably be in every ship's library... particularly when venturing to remote destinations or otherwise undeveloped places and ports.

Paperback. 288 pages of solid and practical life-sustaining information, properly indexed, with high-quality illustrations:

1. INTRODUCTION: General, Individual & Group Survival,
   Health & First Aid
   
2. ORIENTATION & TRAVELING: Navigation, Selecting Your Route
   
3. WATER: General Considerations,
   Finding (Fresh) Water
4. FOOD: General Considerations,
   Vegetable Foods (Foraging, Edible Plants, Etc.),
   Animal Foods (Fish & Fowl plus Small Game, Reptiles, Crustaceans, Mollusks, Etc.)
   Food Preservation (Frrezing, Drying, Making Jerky, Etc)
5. FIREMAKING & COOKING: Firemaking, (Tin Can "Hobo" Stoves, Fire Pits, Smokers, Etc.). Cooking Wild Food
6. SURVIVAL IN SPECIAL AREAS: General Considerations (Making a Shelter, Teepees. Lean Tos, Willow Shelters, Bough Shelters, Wilderness Caches, Etc.).
   Cold Weather Areas,
   Jungle and Tropical Areas, Desert Areas,
   Survival at Sea
7. HAZARDS TO SURVIVAL: Biological, Other
8. REFERENCES: Index