Desert Survival Skills
University of Texas Press · Paperback · July 1, 2000
Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves (much less a horse!) to water.
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- Who it’s for
- David Alloway offers practical desert-survival guidance in friendly language, with humor and stories from experience.
- Themes
- Desert survival, Wilderness preparedness
- Genres
- Survival & Emergency Preparedness, Outdoor Skills, Desert Life
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Remote desert locations, including the Chihuahuan Desert of northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, draw adventurers of all kinds, from the highly skilled and well prepared to urban cowboys who couldn't lead themselves (much less a horse!) to water. David Alloway's goal in this book is to help all of them survive when circumstances beyond their control strand them in the desert environment.
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In simple, friendly language, enlivened with humor and stories from his own extensive experience, Alloway here offers a practical, comprehensive handbook for both short-term and long-term survival in the Chihuahuan and other North American deserts.
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David Alloway offers practical desert-survival guidance in friendly language, with humor and stories from experience.
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- Practical guidance for short-term and long-term desert survival
- Coverage of the Chihuahuan and other North American deserts
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- Advice for situations that strand people in remote desert locations
- Coverage spanning northern Mexico, southern Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
Where it sits
| Survival & Emergency Preparedness | 84% |
|---|---|
| Outdoor Skills | 67% |
| Desert Life | 44% |
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Publisher categories
- Desert Life
- Outdoor Skills
- Authors
- David Alloway
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Published
- July 1, 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Desert survival · Wilderness preparedness
- Reading lane
- Desert Life