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Books & A/V recommended by the Wolf Camp College
For the only curriculum available off the shelf which teaches skills of the Naturalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Scout, Hunter, Artisan & Sustainable Pioneer, Order Wolf Journey.
Win an autographed copy of the metaphoric new children's book Wolf Camp by Katie McKy through our scholarships fundraising raffle.
For Safety:
First Aid for YOUths (Wilderness Medicine Institute) for pocket reference
Medicine for the Outdoors by Paul S. Auerbach (suitable for most needs)
Wilderness Medicine, Paul S. Auerbach, ed. (Mosby) for comprehensive emergency training
(Peterson's) Poisonous Plants (Houghton Mifflin) or any book on poisonous plants will be fine
For inspiration and understanding:
Ingwe (Kendall/Hunt from wildernessawareness.org)
The Peacemaker's Journey cassette with Jake Swamp
Ishi - Last of His Tribe by Theodora Kroeber
Black Elk Speaks with John G. Neihardi
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Celestine Prophesy by James Redfield
The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longellow (version by Bounty, rec.)
Waterlily (Bison) by Ella Cara Deloria
Any books with myth & lore of nature told through stories.
General Awareness:
Rediscovery - Ancient Pathways - New Directions by Thom Henley - for teaching (out of print)
Seeing With Native Eyes cassette by Jon Young (Taweya from natureoutlet.com)
The Backyard Naturalist
Scout Handbook by Baden Powell
Wolves: A Wildlife Handbook by Kim Long
Huge and fun atlas or encyclopedia of wildlife from a used book store.
13 & Under Quick Reference and Guidebooks to the Elements:
(Parentheses indicates that you should choose one or the other between the two publishers)
Golden Guides (small series)(Birds), (Fishes), Flowers, Fossils, Insects, (Mammals),
(Reptiles & Amphibians), (Rocks & Minerals), Pond Life,
(Seashores), Spiders, (Skies), (Trees), Weeds
Peterson's First Guides:(Astronomy), (Rocks & Minerals), (Birds), (Fishes),
(Mammals), (Reptiles & Amphibians), (Seashores),
(Trees), Urban Wildlife, Wildflowers, (Clouds & Weather)
14 & Above Quick Reference and Guidebooks to the Elements:
(Parentheses indicates that you should choose one or the other between the three publishers)
Golden Guides:(Fishes), Fossils, Insects, Pond Life, (Seashores), (Skies)
(Reptiles & Amphibians), (Rocks & Minerals), Spiders
Peterson's First Guides: (Astronomy), (Rocks & Minerals), (Fishes),
(Seashores), Wildflowers, (Reptiles & Amphibians),
Urban Wildlife, (Clouds & Weather)
Boy Scouts of America - Merit Badge Series: (available from their service centers)
(Archery), Astronomy, Backpacking, Basketry, Bird Study, Environ. Science,
First Aid, Geology, Insect Study, Leather Work, Mammal Study, (Medicine),
Oceanography, Nature, Pioneering, Reptiles & Amphibian Study, Textile,
Veterinary Medicine, Weather, Whitewater, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving
The Stars by H. E. Rey is available through hollowtop.com
Herbalism & Primitive Cooking:
Botony in a Day: Tomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families from hollowtop.com
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & Mackinnon
Plants of the British Columbia Interior for sagebrush steppe areas throught the west
Plants of the Rocky Mountains
Medicinal Plants of the Desert & Canyon West by Michael Moore
Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West by Michael Moore
Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by Michael Moore
(Peterson's) Edible Wild Plants (Houghton Mifflin)
(Peterson's) Medicinal Plants (Houghton Mifflin)
Healing Wise by Susun Weed is super for learning the art of the herbalist
Billy Jo Tatum's Wild Foods Cookbook & Field Guide
Roughing It Easy (Brigham Young U.) by Dian Thomas
Primitive Cooking (Woodsmoke) video found through hollowtop.com
It Will Live Forever: Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation (Heyday) by Beverly R. Ortiz as told by Julia F. Parker.
The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook by David George Gordon or similar from hollowtop.com
The Tree Identifiation Book by George W.D. Symonds or Northwest Trees (The Mountaineers)
The Shrub Identifiation Book by George W.D. Symonds
Permaculture:
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay
The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukoka
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture: Books: Toby Hemenway & John Todd
The Permaculture Home Garden by Linda Woodrow
The Basics of Permaculture Design by Ross Mars
The Earth Garden Book of Alternative Energy by Alan T. Gray
The Humanure Handbook - a guide to composting human manure by J.C Jenkins
Cob Builders Handbook by Becky Bee
The Earth Builders Handbook by Simmons and Gray
A Vision for Community by Ian Mason
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
The Permaculture Activist periodical and www.permacultureactivist.net
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/Permaculture/
Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Resource Guide by Michael Pilarski from friendsoftrees.org
Stella Natura: Kimberton Hillsbiodynamic Agricultural Planting guide & Calendar 888-516-7797
Survival & Primitive Crafts:
Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
Primitive Technology - A Book of Earth Skills, David Wescott, ed. (Society of Primitive Tech.)
The Indian Hunters by R. Stephen Irwin (Hancock House) - native hunting, fishing methods
Wilderness Survival Pocket Books by Mors Kochanski, numbers 1-10 found at hollowtop.com
Woodsmoke: Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills found through hollowtop.com
Outdoor Skills Instruction - Survival by Boy Scouts of America
The Foxfire Book and Foxfire Volume 3 (plus possible others like volumes 5 and 9)
Survival Shelters (Hoods Woods) video found through hollowtop.com
Fire I: Handdrill (Woodsmoke) video (hollowtop.com)
Friction Fire with Jim Riggs (Northwestern) video found through hollowtop.com
Cordage with Jim Riggs (Northwestern) video found through hollowtop.com
Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans by Jim Hamm (Lyons & Burford)
Primitive Bow & Arrow (Prarie Wolf) video found through hollowtop.com
Traps (Hoods Woods) video found through hollowtop.com
Indian Fishing - Early Methods on the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart
Flintknapping - The Art of Making Stone Tools by Paul Hellweg
The Art of Flint Knapping (Mound Builder) video found through hollowtop.com
Blue Mountain Buckskin by Jim Riggs, or Deerskins into Buckskins by Matt Richards, hollowtop.com
Brain Tan Buckskin (Prarie Wolf) video on the dry scrape method found through hollowtop.com
Tanning Journey (Melvin Beattie) video on the wet scrape found through hollowtop.com
Complete Brain Tanner (Brent Ladd) video found through hollowtop.com
Cedar by Hillary Stewart
Birds:
(Golden Guide) Birds of North America - best book for the money
(Peterson's Eastern or Western) Birds (Houghton Mifflin) - most comprehensive book
The Birder's Handbook (Simon & Shuster)
(Peterson's) Birds Nests - Western(Houghton Mifflin)
Advanced Bird Language cassette by Jon Young (Taweya from natureoutlet.com)
(Peterson's Eastern or Western) Birding by Ear, Walton , Lawson (Houghton Mifflin) cassettes
(Petersons' Eastern or Western) Bird Songs (Houghton Mifflin) CD for comprehensive reference
Bird Tracks & Sign (Stackpole) by Mark Elbroch with Eleanor Marks.
Tracking & Animals:
Mammal Tracks & Sign (Stackpole) by Mark Elbroch
A Field Guide to Tracking in North America by James Halfpenny
Tracking and the Art of Seeing by Paul Rezendes
Tracking: Mastering The Basics (Halfpenny) video found through hollowtop.com
(Peterson's) Animal Tracks by Olaous J. Murie (Houghtin Mifflin) 2006 Edition Only edited by Mark Elbroch
(Peterson's) Animal Tracks by Olaous J. Murie (Houghtin Mifflin)
Wilderness Tracks by Barbara Butler (Hancock House)
Mammals of the Pacific Northwest by Chris Maser
Three Among the Wolves (Sasquatch Books) by Helen Thayer
Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Colunbia by Corkran & Thoms (Lone Pine)
Skeletons by Eyewitness Books, and look for other feather/hair reference guides.
Observing Insect Lives in Stokes Nature Guides
Tracker by Joel Hardin with Matt Condon from joelhardin.com
Tracking: A Blueprint for Learning How (Pathways) by Jack Kearney
Miscellaneous: Ecology, Taxonomy, Drawing, and Things People Rarely Mention
Concise Encyclopedia - Biology (Walter de Gruyter - Berlin - New York)
Readers Digest Guide to North American Wildlife
(Peterson's) Ecology of Western Forests by Kricher & Morrison (Houghton Mifflin)
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, Vols. 1&2, Sybil P. Parker, ed. (McGraw-Hill)
Drawing from the Book of Nature, Dennis Klocek, Rudolf Steiner College Press
How They Do It (Quill) by Robert A. Wallace for enjoyable reproductive descriptions
How to Shit in the Woods (Ten Speed Press) by Kathleen Meyer
The Stars by H. E. Rey is available through hollowtop.com
Periodicals: See above for web site links.
The HOPS Calendar of Schools - Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School(406) 685-3222
FoxPrint News - Wilderness Awareness School newsletter(425) 788-1301.
Northwest Conservation - Northwest Ecosystems Alliance(360) 671-9950
Environmental coverage of issues in the North Cascades bioregion.
Bulletin of Primitive Technology, PO Box 3226, Flagstaff, AZ 86003
Agricultural Calendar - Kimberton Hills - for celestial events(800) 516-7797
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