Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban Survival

Prepare for the worst with this practical survival guide from bestselling author Tom Brown.

Today most Americans live in the city or suburbs—a safe, comfortable life, at least on the surface. Few of us realize how close we are to the elemental struggle for survival, until disaster strikes. Yet it is possible to be prepared. In this uniquely practical handbook, Tom Brown, Jr. gives you the specific skills and detailed knowledge you need to protect yourself and those you love in almost any emergency.

• Alternative heat and light sources
• Preventing and coping with electrical failure
• Automobile survival techniques
• Protecting your home from intruders
• Unconventional food sources for the city dweller
• Surviving earthquakes, floods, blizzards, hurricanes, and more
• Guarding against urban crime

TOM BROWN'S FIELD GUIDES: America's most popular nature reference books, Tom Brown's bestselling field guides are specially designed for both beginners and experienced explorers. Fully illustrated and comprehensive, each volume includes practical information, time-tested nature skills, and exciting new ways to rediscover the earth around us.Tom Brown's Field Guide to City and Suburban SurvivalIntroduction

1. Body and Mind
Preparedness
Crisis Response

2. Shelter
Basic Principals of Shelters
Types of Shelters

3. Water

4. Heat and Light
Electricity
Heating Systems
Emergency Lighting and Heating
Fire Safety

5. Food
Storing Food
Raising Plants and Animals
Foraging for Wild Edibles
Catching Wild Animals
Unconventional Food Sources

6. Crime
Burglars
Pickpockets and Purse Snatchers
Muggers and Rapists
Swindlers
Keeping Your Children Safe

Weather

Disasters
Blizzards
Earthquakes
Floods
Heat Waves
Hurricanes
Landslides
Lightning
Tidal Waves
Tornadoes
Nuclear Attack

Conclusion: Enjoying the City
Appendix A: Common Urban Edibles
Appendix B: Common Urban Animals
Appendix C: Survival Supplies
Index

Tom Brown, Jr. began to learn hunting and tracking at the age of eight under the tutelage of an Apache elder, medicine man, and scout in Toms River, New Jersey, and is the author of 16 books on nature. He was the technical advisor on The Hunted, a major motion picture starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benecio Del Toro. In 1978, Tom founded the Tracker School in the New Jersey Pine Barrens where he offers more than 25 classes about wilderness survival and environmental protection.