Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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.