Dearest Lily. My name is Rudy , I live in beautiful Phoenix Arizona. I’m a huge fan of yours for the past four months or so. I find you to be a incredible and interesting person. I think your survival skills are amazing along with your ever bright attitude. I have learned much from you in these recent months. So many episodes with so much information. There isn’t a single episode that I don’t at least pick up one new skill challenge if not more. Thank you. One of your episodes I watched recently, you were telling us that you were once a accountant...I would have never guessed in a million years. What bravery and strength you have! I love your dogs as well. I’m a former Tank Commander with the US Army and have spent many years in the field. I thought I knew a lot about the outdoors. You shame me... lol. Again I watched a different and perhaps your most recent episodes on your collection of survival books. I was so inspired with this episode, I immediately ordered the SAS survival book from one of the big chain stores here in the US. It should arrive soon. I love your reviews and demonstration videos. I love how you restored that old rusty wrench and made it look new again! I can go on and on...but for your sake I won’t. So it’s my goal to binge watch your channel for however long it takes to see them all. Due to a fixed retirement income, I really can’t afford to purchase some of your merch you have to offer. I would love to get a autographed knife from you someday and display it. One day. One final note, I saw the episode where you were sent hate mail by men...please don’t let them pull you down. Their just bitter and hateful people that are ignorant and have no self esteem! Your much better than they are. I do have one question of you. Being Austrian, where did you learn to speak English so well? I realized you’re a educated person. Was it in school or from your world travels? Okay, two questions. You have a wonderful day, everyday! Please stay safe and healthy. R.

I recommend also getting a book that focuses on survival in your area. I live in the desert

@awkward-stranger

4 жыл бұрын

Very important. There is a world of difference from where she lives and where we live.

Great considerations in your library here Lilly. Thanks for sharing with the community.

I love your videos. I'm beginning to prep now at 52 years of age. I wish I had started long ago. Thank you for sharing

Another book I highly recommend is "Where there is no Doctor". It has great info for medical treatment of all sorts.

Lilly, how about doing a video on your favorite survival/post-apocalyptic movies and television series? Or discussing lessons to be learned (or avoided) from the same?

@KeyofDavid5778

4 жыл бұрын

The Book of Eli !

Don’t overlook old or new scout books, I have one from the 40s and it is great

@daleadmire1451

4 жыл бұрын

It's a damn shame what has happened to the once honorable boy scouts, everything the left touches they destroy, including the boy scouts, unfortunately.

@rickhammar1636

4 жыл бұрын

@@daleadmire1451 No bigger truth than that.

@p_g_c

4 жыл бұрын

Name please

@Britspence381

4 жыл бұрын

@@p_g_c The copy I have is 'The Boy Scout Handbook' by The Boy Scouts of America. Plenty of inexpensive copies online.

@p_g_c

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much sir

Books are so important in this electronic age when your computer can be gone in a flash but you can read by candle light if need .

@nghtwtchmn129

4 жыл бұрын

Just today CBS Sunday Morning was saying, in effect, that MORE people need to become dependent on the internet. Everyone should read up on the Carrington Event of 1859.

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

@@nghtwtchmn129 The power grid could well be affected by such an event, but the internet is very robust and redundant and fiber cables should not be directly affected, and should be buried/undersea anyway. Someone should be working on hardening the internet, for sure.

@nghtwtchmn129

4 жыл бұрын

@@barrybogart5436 For sure!

May I recommend The Ultimate Survival Medicine guide by Joseph Alton MD. Also Alton's antibiotics and infectious diseases.

@curthartman6007

3 жыл бұрын

For a good herbal medicinal guide I like The Green Pharmacy by Dr.Duke. I use it for myself and when modern medicine fails others, this will ba great source of information.

*There is a glaring omission* *SELF DEFENCE* There are some who will learn all the skills to grow the food; and then there are those who will learn nothing but come to take your food by force. Don't let all your hard work go to waste.

@kenfields603

4 жыл бұрын

She's european, most have to go through hoops to get a firearm, but you're absolutely correct, without a firearm(m4/ar15/ak74/ak47), you're on borrowed time till your food is taken and worse.

@anastrawberry8047

4 жыл бұрын

@ken fields but if she isn’t allowed to have a gun neither are the ones that are going to attack her to rob her food, so they’re in equal situation to fight, right? the same way in the US where you could have guns, you will get attacked by people that comes with guns too. So In this case having a gun doesn’t give you any advantage sorry I just don’t see a way out...I’m in Europe as well, even slingshots are illegal where I live.

@kenfields603

4 жыл бұрын

@@anastrawberry8047 Have you ever faced someone who physically could wreck you in a life or death struggle? Thankfully not many of us have. Sam Colt gave everyone a fighting chance when he produced firearms. If you practice you can improve the odds you will be victorius, firearms do this, they're a wonderful deterrent as well. Our 2ND amendment is for government tyranny and nothing else, and they want to take it away so it'll be easier to slam their boots onto our necks.

@anastrawberry8047

4 жыл бұрын

@@kenfields603 , thanks for answering I understand what you mean and I think that guns are good for a defense against a tyranic government. What I was referring to is the scenario where a normal civilian who didn't prepare, comes to steal your food. In a country where guns are allowed he will come with a gun and you will fight with a gun...And any here in Europe they will come without a gun and you have to defend yourself without a gun as well. So my point is that in both cases I don't feel very safe because my opponent will have the same "weapon category" as me...or in my European case, maybe because they are criminals with bad intention, they got a gun "illegally" somehow, and I don't. By the way, yes, I suffered an attack in my house years ago,(a guy with an axe) and I wish I had a gun then... at the same time if I had it, I would have gone to jail myself because that's how the law is in this country, self-defense is not contemplated, not even if they break into your own home. Just get nervous remembering it.

@kenfields603

4 жыл бұрын

@@anastrawberry8047 It's sad that some humans cannot exercise their basic God given right to protect one's own life, it's sad. There's a saying here in America, 'when seconds count, the police are minutes away.' When our founders set up the constitution natural law was implied, the 2ND amendment was for government, not for criminals or mentally deranged people. I mentioned training in my first post, that's where someone could gain the edge in a gun fight, doesn't matter the age or sex, you can tip the scales in your favor. Not so with a knife or axe unless you surprised them and were very profitient with that tool and applied a good deal of force, not so with a firearm, it does all the work for you, may Gods' grace be with you.

I love David Canterbury’s “bush craft 101” it’s a really great down to earth book. The SAS Hanbook is great!

@garrettferrell6821

4 жыл бұрын

These are the only 2 I have..I need to get something on trapping and snaring,skinning and harvesting different types of animals and identifying edible plants in the wild..I also need to get a good homesteading books...I put out 4 raised bed gardens this year,I’m really hoping I can put out 8-12 next year,if at all possible

@michaeltillmon4186

4 жыл бұрын

Just bought this book. So far its pretty thorough.

@RockMonger

4 жыл бұрын

I keep it in my bag.

@GMSurvival

4 жыл бұрын

Dorian Payne that’s awesome! I do to, sometimes I even bring it camping if I feel like practicing something or learning something new.

@GMSurvival

4 жыл бұрын

Garrett Ferrell wow that’s really cool, the book has some things but it draws the line with in depth detail about trapping and stuff. That’s something I definelty need to work on.

Great collection, Lilly! I have 4 of those exact same books (Les Stroud, Bushcraft, Wilderness Living, and the SAS Survival book both in small packable size and full size), as well as similar of some of the others (edible plants, animal tracks/tracking, etc). Great video, my friend. I hope you're well, and happy weekend to yours and you 😊✌

Thank you and Miss Survival Lilly. I keep learning from you.

Sehr gute Sammlung liebe Lilly! Schönes Wochenende, Sepp

Hi Lilley, t hanks for the book recommendations, it's always difficult trying to find one that fits ones needs,

one of the best things i have ever done for my household sustainability, was complete a permaculture design course. a life of bounty

Outstanding! Thank You for the info 🤗

Thanks for the recommendations. Just finished buying my first survival book and also homestead book. And Good video

thanks again Lilly. hope you are well

Thats a very good source library.glad to see you are doimg well.thanks lilly all your videos are very helpful.

Ty Lilly, you inspired me to buy some survival guides for where I live in Florida.

Thanks for sharing.

I love ur channel so much lots of good info

YOU ARE A LEGEND!! I have been looking for some descent suggestions for a while now

Hey Lilly 😁 Thanks for the insight

You have a good selection of reference books there, Lilly. Another one that I like is "Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival" by Dave Canterbury. Some of the skills shown in that book are very similar to those you have demonstrated on your channel over the years. Good to have print media resources, in case of a power outage in SHTF, where electronics may not work for a while. Stay safe out there.

Very helpful, thank you Lilly

The SAS book is excellent

@robmanwiller5184

4 жыл бұрын

It is sold out everywhere!

@logoseven3365

4 жыл бұрын

Rob Manwiller Get the app

@tatecraft1361

4 жыл бұрын

LogoSeven cool find. Lookin thru the free lite version now. Just saw the Army Ranger Handbook in the app store too.

@logoseven3365

4 жыл бұрын

Tate Craft It’s better than playing Angry Bird for hours.

@sykessaul123

4 жыл бұрын

@@robmanwiller5184 Amazon is great imo, they've got the paperback version in the UK and they can't run out of Kindle copies and afaik you can print that out.

I'm learning how to garden in the desert where we live now. We are at a mid range elevation so summer is HOT (106F yesterday) and in winter freezing nights for a couple of months and even snow now and then. It can be done though and I am studying while I prepare the soil I hope to plant this fall and next spring. Good suggestions - thank you.

Great video and information, thanks Lilly

Outdoor Survival Skills Author: Larry Dean Olson is my all time favorite!!! I believe he has 7 editions.

Really like this vid Lily, a good idea. Could I suggest that old cookery books are also really useful because they often contain recipes for plain meals because if there are food shortages or spikes in food delivery its always good to know how to make a meal out of nothing. Lets face it if the shtf there won't be any Internet to look things up on. You're a woman after my own heart Lily. Stay safe everyone 🇬🇧 🇬🇧👍👍❤❤

Don't know if I missed it in your list of books and topics but something on how to Can your food. Different food different ways to can. Lot of my canning i learned helping my mom can

Hello Lily, not use to seeing you in a kitchen but it's always good to see you I've been a subscriber of the Canadian prepper channel and he has SUPPLYed me with everything I need in case of a grid down scenario but I will look over what you have to see what you have different from what he suggested I need to survive any coming event😀😷💓

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

Shop around.

Good to know there are so many good survival books out there. Thanks for sharing. 💖

Great collection thx 4 the video

the US Army Survival handbook is a good read. Also "How to Stay Alive in the Woods" by Bradford Angiers is a classic.

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

That was my first book on survival. 50 years ago! Bradford also lived in British Columbia.

@aphillips1987

4 жыл бұрын

@@barrybogart5436 mine, too, when I was 19, I'm 57 now. Good stuff.

Well you have everything that's important in you collection. I'm just looking into more of this, and will definitely be buying some books, but do you have any you tube channel's to recommend?

That was really good. Thanks.

So glad to see you doing well! I hope there are English versions of these books?

I have many similar books including a pocket version of the SAS Survival book which I agree it's the best all around.

Very valuable information, as you always show. Thank you for the references to books for many different facets of survival. I know that many of these books have probably sold out already, but hopefully more will be printed ver soon. Since I was a child, I always love the practice of bushcraft and plant identification. I have gardened to one degree or another for most of my life. I am not an expert, just an enthusiast. I see it is is time to reacquaint myself with much of the information available, and get to practicing again. Regrettably, I live in a suburban neighborhood. No room to grow enough, or practice enough; and not enough money to change it. So I must optimize the few resources that I do have. That's part of the lesson, isn't it. Thank you, dear Lilly, for all the content on your channels. Good health and happiness to you and everyone you love, including, of course, your animal. Hugs and kisses for the animals.

super helpful, thank youuuuu

A video about canning and food prep with your garden would be fun! Thanks!

I have the SAS Survival Handbook, and the SAS Special Edition Survival Handbook. I also have a small handful of others, with a lot of the off grid living and gardening topics. But there are a few more I'd like to have. Thanks for the video!

Wow! you do a lot of reading to support your bushcraft, impressive

Totally Excellent, Thank you

The SAS BOOK is really good.. Amazon sells it.

@logoseven3365

4 жыл бұрын

There’s an app too. I have both and have gifted and recommended it many times

@zamilthankyou8839

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@nickn2794

4 жыл бұрын

Kupdf has it too...

@logoseven3365

4 жыл бұрын

MichaelKingsfordGray I live in a temperate area like Lily (Pennsylvania). I have family in Arizona. I do understand what you are saying, but, fires get built the same, skinning animals is the same, different stars for navigating, many more deadly animals(!). You still need water, shelter, and food. It would be cool to visit down under!

@SheepAmongG.O.A.T

4 жыл бұрын

@@logoseven3365 I just recently bought SAS for my BOB, but it was pretty big and heavy, not like the one I saw on a vid that is much smaller (and older) so I mailed it back and found a seller for the smaller one. Do you know the real difference between the two besides the size obviously?

Lilly...I read lots of books to gain knowledge, being a ex U.S. MARINE we both know when we get to the bush survival is a instinct you have it I I have it thank you for showing others that don't. You are awesome pretty lady. ❤ from Texas

Remo Illers Book is by far the best, it's a must have!

i highly recommend Carla Emerys encyclopedia of country living

I will wait for you to write a survival book and will buy it with joy! I’m certain you will bring a whole new outlook to what has already been done. Why? Because of your mindset and grit... Best wishes to you.

Don't forget the Tom Brown series of wilderness education and the Cody Lundin books on survival. I can highly recommend both series of books.

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

Cody is good too. The real deal.

Indigenous local edible flora, like sassafras, dandelion, stinging nettles, pine needle teas & morel/chicken of the trees shrooms & wild carrot books are always a joy to brush up on also... thanx 🌞 👀 4 the FYI Sibster! ! !

love the John Wiseman book, definitely my favourite.

@RawTopShot

4 жыл бұрын

richtea78 lol Lofty

very nice instructive and interesting books Hello good evening👍👋

Interesting overview of what me need to be correctly informed. Obviously, several books are familiar and are on my own bookshelves too. The books of Dick and James Strawbridge where originally written in English, and I have the English version of the book you showed, so no problem for English language speakers. This same book is also available in French - living in the Frenche speaking part of Switzerland, I remember having given a French version of this book as a present to my daughter. Several books of Sepp Holzer that I have in German also exist in English and other languages. Very interesting to read!

Great advice about the SAS as the solo option if need be. It is the survival bible! I have 3 copies.

SAS book is indeed the best, single book one can get. Britain's Special Forces. Full of incredible knowledge..

Very helpful 📚 books, Thank 🙇 you

You're so awesome Lilly, I've learned a lot from you...✌️🌹🌊🖤

Definitely fun watch how other would go survival camping out in the woods.

grate job

I have the Collins pocket book SAS survival guide and i also like Ray Mears' bushcraft handbook.

Hello Lilly. I was wondering if you had considered sectioning off a part of the forest that already naturally grows berry bushes. A sort of wild-forest-garden. Using plain wire strands would limit deer but might also attract more rabbits. Thus you would have a resource when the berries are fruiting. You might also be able to transplant some new berry plants to this patch. Downside might be that the attraction of protein sources might also attract their predators. But you might also set up a few blinds to allow hunting from a down wind position. I don’t thin you can hunt in Austria , so this is for SHTF. Cheers from Down Under.

I'm a marine veteran who has a copy of the anarchist cookbook. I think I'll do just fine. I am interested in the les stroud book. I loved watching his show SURVIVORMAN!

Loved the video, i have many books on all the same subjects too! One or two books i could recommend, The herbal handbook for home & health it has tons of info on healthy living, green cleaning recipes and natural beauty all from natural sources! Has good recipes for stain removers, laundry detergent, cough medicine and throat lozenges to mouth wash and natural toothpastes and so many more topics! Another really good set of books i have is a old set of carpentry books from the 50s, it shows how to make really nice wooden houses to take your wood cabin that extra step. And one thing i found i was missing with all my books was a good dictionary! I managed to find a dictionary with both new and old language so even those words in my 1950s books i can look up and understand.

Great video Lilly; I'm sure the comments section will expand on your advice. I'm not sure if it's available in German (but I'm sure it has been translated) and google says it's available on pdf but this book is sort of a bible of the self-sufficiency crowd here in the UK, and similar to one of the German ones you showed: The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency by John Seymour has been in print for years now. Someone mentioned online books. The U.S Army Survival Manual FM 21-76 is available free on the internet. For English survival manuals don't forget 'No Need to Die' by Eddie McGee. There's others but can't remember them all now. Thanks.

@RichWoods23

4 жыл бұрын

Every time I buy a new edition of Seymour's Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency I belatedly discover that he's just brought out an even newer one.

My first one was a book called "how to survive in the woods" i read it cover to cover and got the sas book next. It had the same info plus more. Every other book I've gotten has always had the same info in it as the sas book. Les strouds has a few new things in it, but definitely get that sas book if you don't have it!

Dang, and I just discarded or passed-on most of my "survival" book collection. Unfortunately, life brings you things that you may or may not have space to accommodate. I certainly ran into a conundrum with having space for my book collection and had to severely reduce it or start sleeping elsewhere. I had mixed feelings about this because I really enjoy knowledge on a number of subjects and perusing books and keeping them as references. We've developed other interests over the years, as most people do, and needed space for things related to those interests. So, somebody else is enjoying much of my book collection now, including great survival books going back many decades or even a hundred years. I take some comfort in realizing that quite a few of those books I still have in electronic form, and if that fails, I'm left with my (for now at least) good old brain. One book that I still cringe over letting go many years ago is "Jackknife Cookery". Even if you can find a copy (extremely difficult if not impossible), it'll set you back over $100. And finally, quite a few years back I bought a pocket version of that SAS book. You kinda need one of those pocket magnifying cards to read it, but I believe it has most of the same info as your big book. Many thanks.

Studying cookbooks from before the era of electricity help, also. (Fanny Farmer's, The Boston School of Cooking; Hannah Glass, The Art of Cookery; etc.) I study colonial cooking, prairie cooking, native American ways, and Viking cooking and living.

Well you have a lot of great books there.

SAS books, US Army Survival books, gardeneing & how-to books can make a big difference. Books for ocean fishing & saltwater really need to have color photographs, same for jungle survival.

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

Nature guides have to be local. I use this: 'National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest'. I wish they would update it though and I'd love a Kindle version.

Thanks. I like books.

Ciao Lilly. Danke fuer deine Hinweise. Einige Buecher die du erwaehnt hast, habe ich schon gekauft. Das grosse Survival-Bilderbuch fehlt mir aber....Wird bestimmt meine neue Bestellung auf AMAZON werden!! Weidmannsdanke aus Mailand!

I like The Lost Ways and second edition, plus The Lost Book of Herbal remedies.

I like the SAS survival handbook as a go to

Thank you Lily, Madras Mark

PEOPLE FORGET that during extended power outages, your access to the INTERNET and even GPS will disappear ! Everyone needs BOOKS & MAPS, as part of their survival supplies. Be sure to include books on FIRST AID & NATURAL REMEDIES !

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

@グールにも愛が必要 Satellites are not immune from EMPs and CMEs.....

@anonb4632

3 жыл бұрын

@グールにも愛が必要 If a solar flare occurs, which is one of our potential problems, then they'll be wiped out. A severe solar flare would sterilise the Earth's surface and make the oceans boil, but I'm not talking about that, but something milder. (We'd all die if that happened, truth be told.) And it has happened in recorded history. When it happened, people could send telegrams without switching the currents on and some of the telegraph wires ended up on fire. If it could do that at ground level, such an event would probably take out most of the components in satellites and whoever was in the ISS would also be killed by radiation.

@anonb4632

3 жыл бұрын

@グールにも愛が必要 A solar flare would be unpredictable since we don't know enough about the sun. We also would be lucky to get a few hours' warning. It has the potential to fry a lot of satellites. On the plus side, we would get amazing auroras and a lot less light pollution.

Two books I'd recommend are an older edition of the Boy Scout Fieldbook (not the same as the Handbook) and, for longer term survival, like after an immediate crisis has passed, The Foxfire Book.

The first prize I ever won was an old ragtag survival book when I was 10 yo. I don't recall if it was a military or scout book. Read it cover to cover several times...lost that book sometime over 7 decades. Books are most always good to have about. Best

I've been collecting information like this on usb drives, that can boot themselves and copy themselves. Maps, books, manuals, utilities, drivers, and Wikipedia, the whole of Wikipedia for offline use!

@Hy-jg8ow

4 жыл бұрын

How can you download the whole Wikipedia?

@brianthegreat4807

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hy-jg8ow kiwix.org

@Hy-jg8ow

4 жыл бұрын

@グールにも愛が必要 Thanks. Thats sooo cool. Maybe wikipedia is not always right, but I found it quite reliable.

@heyster3

4 жыл бұрын

Urban prepper made a video on having wikipedia on your smartphone for offline use using the kiwix app

@brianthegreat4807

4 жыл бұрын

@Marco Polo ps-survival.com/ also has loads of great information... I downloaded that whole site too... But it covers grid-down, power generation, and lots of alternatives... I'm already off-grid =)

Bradford Angier - How to stay alive in the woods, Robert S. Wood - The 2 oz Backpacker & any of the Tom Brown guides. (All of the Foxfire books make interesting reading too.)

You can get free downloads of U.S. Army manuals online. Look for the FM’s (Field Manuals) and also look for field expedient methods. They’re worth their weight in gold.

Hand to hand combat and make shift weapons training really wouldn't be a bad idea. You want to be able to defend yourself and those you love. It's crazy crazy times.

@anonb4632

3 жыл бұрын

I know it sounds cowardly and counterintuitive but when it comes to large gangs etc, sometimes your best bet is to hide from them. Such folk will rely on brute force more than general survival skills.

What about the Boy Scout handbook? It's got first aid, camping, hiking, knots, cooking.

Tom Brown has some great survival books.

The Alton book is excellent

There are quite a few survival manuals available for download on your phone or tablet. They're much easier to take with you than all those hard copies. There are also a number of solar and dynamo powered chargers available as well.

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. I'd think that would be more obvious. Bear sells a compact power bank/solar array, and I have an RCA tablet and a Maxwest phone, each about $50.

Hi Lilly, i have had many survival books, the best book ive found for bush craft is 'Australian Bushcraft by Richard Graves'. It is full of rare building ideas. Great, thank you

I have two of these, The SAS Survival Guide and The Ultimate Guide to Wilderness Living. I have many others not listed.

Hey, could you make a video on growing as much food as possible with only a balcony? I have a few ideas what could be grown on a balcony, but also indoors and even in absence of much light, but I do think that you'd be better suited for this topic...

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

I would like to see that too. BTW 'Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times' is excellent for survival gardening. Not for balcony's though!

Remember when you split an arrow? That was incredible

Hi Lily, you are such a badass. Always sharing your skills and important info. 🥰

The Lost Ways, excellent book.

I'd like to see u do a video on edible wild greens or weeds. The food that Natives ate as hunters and gathers. If things go bad, dandelion greens and it's roots makes great coffee or tea. Just a suggestion, be safe and take care Lilly.

There are numerous edible plants where i live, temperate Zone 3/4, both natives and ornamentals. It's probably wise to become familiar with what's local in case you needed to live off the land. Some berries can be poisonous and it's no time to be experimenting when shtf.

If youre an aussie or from a similar climate topography etc then ron edwards books are a must!!!

@barrybogart5436

4 жыл бұрын

She is from AUSTRIA.

I've been really wanting to purchase your knife do you have any idea when they'll be back in stock