Living Off The Land: A Manual of Bushcraft - 1944

Including sections written by bushcraft legends Ion Idriess and H.A. Lindsay, Living off the Land was a compilation of bushcraft and survival articles originally written for the Australian Army Education Service's "Salt" Journal. The book includes obscure tips and hints on bushcraft and remote area survival which, while known to bushmen, cockies and stockmen in years gone by, are now slipping away - almost unknown and forgotten. The sections on water condensing and preparing bush foods are just two examples of the above. Written in 1942 and 43 and published in 1944, "Living Off The Land" is a worthy addition to the library of any bushcrafter, remote area traveller or simply the history buff. The original publisher's blurb - "This book may save a soldier’s life. It may even save your own. “Living Off the Land” is a practical guide to bushcraft, written by bushmen — by men who have learned the things they tell you in the stern school of experience. “Living Off the Land” does what its title indicates. It tells you what to do if you get “bushed”; how to find food and water where the quest looks hopeless; how to guard your health; how to avoid dangers and extreme hardship. It is full of bush lore, of fascinating facts and out-of-the-way knowledge. In addition it contains chapters by eminent medical authorities on how to avoid the twin scourges of malaria and dengue fever. “Living Off the Land” has been made available for general publication by the Army Education authorities, who produce “Salt,” the Army Journal."