Comments on: TIME-LIFE: THE AMERICAN WILDERNESS

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:06:18 +0000

Great series, if rather out-dated. The Cactus Country volume is not only edited by Edward Abbey, he wrote all but two chapters. The book is basically his “Desert Solitaire” volume II, the SE Arizona version.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:04:17 +0000

They’re all great. There are a few inconsistencies here and there as might come up in a ‘corporate’ set with mostly stock photography, but this is maybe the best of the TL sets.

I like the north woods esp., also wild Alaska.

There was a series prepared, I believe, by TL Netherlands called “the world’s wild places” which covers various areas around the world in an identical format. Volumes from this series are also included in slightly renamed form: “The American North Woods”, etc. Of this series I like “soviet deserts and mountains”, “Lapland”, etc…

By: brendan

brendan — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:41:25 +0000

northeast coast, new england wilds

By: Angelo R.

Angelo R. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:10 +0000

I have the entire set. North Woods, Northwest Coast, and Grand Canyon are some of my favorites…but they are all good.

By: Mark Beziehung

Mark Beziehung — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:00 +0000

I did not have much expert in camping or setting branches of fire, but then my little son asked me when we will go camping and I could not resist his small poppy eyes. So I had to buy some book to get ready for our trip. The book shop I went to had wide selection of guides and survival books. In the end I chose Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere – Alive by Les Stroud. It was excellent choice. It had exactly what I needed for our trip. Only thing which could be improved is the section about a driver getting stuck. Overall I recommend it without hesitation.