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Guide to Making Fire without Matches

Tips, Tactics, and Techniques for Starting a Fire in Any Situation
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Guide to Making Fire without Matches by Christopher Nyerges is a practical survival manual that teaches essential fire-starting skills without relying on modern tools. The book explores the history and significance of fire before detailing the four primary methods of making fire: friction, the sun, electricity, and chemistry. It covers crucial survival topics such as creating fires in the rain, choosing the right location, safety measures, tending fires, making signal fires, and various cooking techniques. Illustrated with helpful diagrams and sidebars, this guide equips readers with timeless skills to survive and thrive in emergencies.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, survivalists, campers, and anyone interested in traditional fire-making methods. It is particularly useful for those seeking practical knowledge for emergency preparedness and wilderness skills.

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Learn how to start a fire, even when it seems impossible! Since the dawn of mankind, fire has been a staple of survival. Whether it is used to keep warm, cook food, or scare away predators, fire is an essential element, one that is almost impossible for humans to live without. But with society's current dependence on modern tools and technology, m

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Learn how to start a fire, even when it seems impossible! Since the dawn of mankind, fire has been a staple of survival. Whether it is used to keep warm, cook food, or scare away predators, fire is an essential element, one that is almost impossible for humans to live without.

But with society's current dependence on modern tools and technology, many people would have no idea how to start a fire without matches or a lighter. In an emergency situation, that lack of knowledge could easily prove fatal.

In Guide to Making Fire without Matches, survival expert Christopher Nyerges provides readers with all the skills that they may need to start a fire without modern tools. The book begins by covering the history and lore surrounding fire, and then moves on to describe, in detail, the four main methods through which fire is made: friction, the sun, electricity, and chemistry.

Additional topics include:

  • How to make a fire in the rain
  • The best locations to build a fire
  • Safety precautions to take when around fire
  • How to tend your fire
  • How to make a signal fire
  • Different ways to cook with fire
  • And much more!

With helpful diagrams, illustrations, and sidebars, Guide to Making Fire without Matches is the ultimate reference book for learning about an essential element.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781510749894

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Sky Pony Press

Illustration: 50 full-color illustrations and diagrams

Contributors:

  • Foreword by Al Cornell

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Christopher Nyerges.

Al Cornell teaches a variety of wilderness skills and prehistoric skills, focusing on wilderness safety and preparedness. He and his teaching partner Michael Campbell teach fire-starting for survival several times a year at SAR (Search and Rescue) Basic Training.

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