Risk Takers Bookshelf

Jesse C. McEntee
Aug 29, 2024
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Snapshot of Jesse McEntee's top adventure and wilderness books meant to inspire and equip you
My Top Adventure Books to Inspire and Equip You.

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Survival & Wilderness Skills

Hunting & Tracking

Mindfulness & Philosophy

Conservation & Ethics

Historical Adventures

Crafts & Self-Sufficiency

Memoirs & Personal Stories

Fiction

Survival & Wilderness Skills

Angier, B. (2012). How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter and Self-Preservation Anywhere.

Gatty, H. (1999). Finding Your Way Without Map Or Compass.

Weiss, E. (2012). Wilderness and Travel Medicine: A Comprehensive Guide.

Hunting & Tracking

Benoit, L., Miller, P. (2015). How to Bag the Biggest Buck of Your Life.

Blood, H. (2012). Hunting Big Woods Bucks: Secrets of Tracking and Stalking Whitetails.Blood, H. (2012). Hunting Big Woods Bucks

Peterson, T. J. (2018). Bowhunting Public Land Whitetails.

Rezendes, P. (1999). Tracking and the Art of Seeing, 2nd Edition: How to Read Animal Tracks and Signs.

Mindfulness & Philosophy

Hanh, T. N. (1992). Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life.

Shepard, P. (2011). The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game.

Conservation & Ethics

Gilbert, C. R., Williams, J. D. (2002). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes: North America.

Jones, M. & Willey, L. (eds.) (2018) Eastern Alpine Guide: Natural History and Conservation of Mountain Tundra East of the Rockies.

Richardson, B. (1991). Strangers devour the land.

Waterman, L., Waterman, G. (1993). Wilderness Ethics: Preserving the Spirit of Wildness.

Waterman, L., Waterman, G. (1979). Backwoods Ethics: Environmental Concerns for Hikers and Campers.

Historical Adventures

Bourrie, M. (2019). Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson.

Crane, C. E. (1937). Let Me Show You Vermont.

McPhee, J. (1977). Coming into the Country.

Crafts & Self-Sufficiency

Long, S. (2012). More Than a Woodlot: Getting the Most from Your Family Forest.

Mettler, J. J. (1986). Basic butchering of livestock & game.

Proulx, A., Nichols, L. (1980). Sweet & Hard Cider: Making It, Using It, & Enjoying it.

Sundqvist, W. (2013). Swedish Carving Techniques.

Memoirs & Personal Stories

Waterman, L. (2024). Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays.

Fiction

Hemingway, E. (1952). The Old Man and the Sea.

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