Summary
This complete and comprehensive guide is the ultimate one-volume library for anyone looking to excel in and enjoy a day in the woods -- whether it be backpacking, camping, or simply a day afield. This exhaustive work features extensive illustrated coverage of all skills necessary to be successful in any camping or wilderness survival situation.
From the author of Complete Outdoors Encyclopedi a -- representing decades of research and authoritative writing and featuring more than 600 photos and illustrations -- this is the definitive guide that brings all aspects of camping, enjoying, and even surviving the outdoors together. Led by perennial bestseller The Total Outdoorsman Manual , the popular camping and outdoor skills category is full of books offering "sound-bite" advice and quick tips. Setting itself apart in content, Complete Guide to Camping and Wilderness Survival is as deep as it is broad, offering comprehensive and instructional information on all aspects of camping, navigation and orienteering, equipment, and campfire and backpack stove cooking, along with wilderness survival skills and backcountry first aid.
Vin T. Sparano is the author of Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia. He has been an outdoor editor and writer for more than 50 years. He is editor emeritus of Outdoor Life magazine, having served as editor-in-chief from 1990 to 1995, and previously as the executive editor for more than 10 years. Sparano has written and edited 18 books, including The American Fisherman's Fresh and Saltwater Guide, Northeast and Southeast Guides to Saltwater Fishing and Boating, Hunting Dangerous Game, and Game Birds and Gun Dogs. In 1996, Sparano was awarded the United States Department of the Interior Conservation Service Award by Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt. In 2003, Sparano was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Metropolitan Outdoor Press Association for his extraordinary accomplishments and contributions to outdoor journalism, conservation, and children's fishing programs. In 2009, Sparano was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Fisherman's Conservation Association. In 2013, he was inducted into the Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.
