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Books, movies, series and more about primitive living and skills
WhistlingBadger:
Oh, good, we've revived this thread!
Any Louis L'Amour fans here? His books frequently deal with primitive survival in fairly realistic ways, and many of his characters know how to make and use primitive bows, probably many more than real white people did in the old west.
"Last of the Breed" is a standout. It's sort of a modern western that takes place in the 1980s, about a Lakota air force pilot who is captured by the Russians, escapes into Siberia, and has to revert to the old ways of his youth to survive and try to escape. Not L'Amour's best writing, in my opinion (that would be "Sacket's Land" or "The Sacket Brand", both of which also have a lot of fun survival content), but the premise of the story is so great that it's a great read. And it has possibly the most intense, cliff-hanger ending of any book I've ever read.
GlisGlis:
--- Quote from: AndrewS on September 22, 2019, 04:00:05 am ---another fine book:
"The gathering night" by Margaret Elphinstone
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Followed Brians suggestion
Indeed good reading
credible picture of mesolithic events :OK
GlisGlis:
Went through "1883" series.
it's about a family doing the Oregon trail
it depicts well how strong, skilled, determined and lucky you had to be to do such a difficult journey
there are some credible archery and native americans sequences
The story is played in 10 episods but after the success of the series there are rumors about new episodes coming in 2023
GlisGlis:
just read there is a series called "into the wild frontier"
--- Quote ---Each episode follows a different real-life historical figure. The show looks at the stories of different people such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Jim Beckwourth ,and Kit Carson.
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I had a view at some trailers on youtube and despite they all wear brand new shining clothes it seems a good series.
Did anyone see it?
Muskyman:
Just stumbled across this and wanted to add to the list
Alan W Echert books. He has many other books on the Shawnee and Iroquois Indians but my two favorite are these
The Frontiersman. Mostly about Simon Kenton
Wilderness Empire follows Sir William Johnson who was the chief Indian agent for the British and his dealings with the Iroquois
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