Prepper’s Long-Term Survival Guide: Food, Shelter, Security, Off-the-Grid Power

Book Preface

With any book, the author him- or herself cannot take sole responsibility for the finished product.

To my wife and soul mate, Tammy, I think you’ll agree this one was a bit easier, eh? Please know I do recognize and appreciate the sacrifices you’ve made to allow me to live my dream of being a writer. I love you more today than yesterday, but still not as much as I will tomorrow.

To my boys, Andrew, Michael, and Thomas, you guys are awesome. I don’t tell you nearly often enough just how proud I am of each of you.
I love you all dearly.

Special thanks to Lisa Bedford for taking the time to contribute the foreword for this book. I truly do appreciate it!

Also special thanks to Sean Neeld for going well above and beyond the call of duty and lending an assist with this project. You da man!

Any writer is only as good as his editors, so I’d like to thank Keith Riegert, Alice Riegert, and the team at Ulysses Press for all their hard work and dedication to making this book just as great as it could be.

To Chris Golden, thank you once again for watching my back. My life is made so much less stressful with your guidance and advice.

To Tracy and Michelle, your support and encouragement has been a source of inspiration to me.

Finally, to my readers, thank you for letting me take up some space inyour heads. Trust that I’ll do everything I can to earn my keep.

Table of ConTenTs
Acknowledgments ……………………………………………………………………. ix
Foreword ………………………………………………………………………………. xi
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………….1
ChapTer 1: Long-Term Events: Learning from History
to Prevent Future Déjà Vu ………………………………………………………..7
ChapTer 2: Water: Water Everywhere and
Not a Drop to Drink ………………………………………………………………21
ChapTer 3: Food: How to Avoid a Starvation Diet …………………33
ChapTer 4: Medicine: There’s a Doctor in All of Us ……………….51
ChapTer 5: Hygiene: Staying Clean in a Dirty World ……………..73
ChapTer 6: Staying Warm and Keeping Cool:
Gimme Shelter ……………………………………………………………………..83
ChapTer 7: Security: You Can Never Have Enough Defense ……95
ChapTer 8: Tools: He Who Survives with the Most
Toys Wins ………………………………………………………………………….. 111
ChapTer 9: Surviving Boredom: Adding Entertainment
to Survival ………………………………………………………………………….. 127
ChapTer 10: Barter and Trade: Not Just for
Baseball Cards ……………………………………………………………………. 135
ChapTer 11: Community Survival Planning: It Takes
a Village …………………………………………………………………………….. 145
ChapTer 12: Final Thoughts: Thus Endeth the Sermon ……….. 165
appendix ………………………………………………………………………… 169
Beyond Bugging Out Checklists ………………………………………. 171
Recommended Reading ………………………………………………….. 179
Index …………………………………………………………………………………. 183
About the Author ………………………………………………………………….. 193