Dancing Fox Publishing

A Survival guide for everyone

Coming in January 2010

Summary

A collection of articles, many published previously in some of North America's best outdoors publications (Modern Survival Magazine, Buck Masters, Big Game Hunt, Wonderful West Virginia Magazine, Back Home Magazine, Family Camping Magazine and others).

You will learn about the requirements for survival in almost any situation. These varied subjects will include:

Immediate shelters

Water collection and treatment

Hygiene

Survival kits

Clothing

Helicopter Rescue

Signaling for help

How to be rescued

Catching food

Lighting fires

Cooking

Instructing your children

First Aid

What to do with your kids in an emergency

Psychological issues

Shelter

Includes many special survival tips at the end of chapters

and lots more!

No matter what your level of expertise or knowledge, you will learn something crucial for your survival in this book!

About the Author

Gary L. Benton is a retired United States Air Force Senior Master Sergeant. A graduate of a number of U.S. Air Force Survival Schools, including Arctic, Water (Sea and Ocean), Basic Mountain (General Survival), and Jungle survival schools, he taught parachuting techniques and survival skills to Air Force aircrew members as a Life Support Instructor for twelve years.

He has an Associates Degree in Search and Rescue and Survival Operations; a Bachelors Degree in Safety and Health; and a Masters Degree in Psychology near completion.

Sergeant Benton retired from the USAF in 1997 with over twenty-six years of active duty.

" I wish to thank the members of the United States Air Force survival schools who taught me much of what I have learned about survival in the wilderness. As a Life Support instructor, I had the honor of instructing thousands of men and women during my years in that career field. It was during the development of lesson plans, conducting training, and reading my lecture critiques that I considered writing this book." -- Gary L. Benton

What Others Have To Say...

" Gary Benton is a master wilderness survival expert; his writing is concise, easy to read, and offers something to everyone. Simple Survival is simply the one survival tool next to your compass that no outdoorsman should be without."

Tom Rose

Editor and Administrator, ModernSportsman.com

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" Survival, by nature, is a subject that demands simplicity. Simple Survival is required reading for anyone that has even a passing interest in the outdoors."

Kevin Rider
Editor and Administrator, Big Game Hunt

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" Readable, easy to search, and highly useful for all outdoorsman, Simple Survival is one of three books I would want with me on a deserted island."

Forrest Lee Horn
CAPTAIN, INF , USA (Retired/Disabled), Senior Associate, Paradigm Associates

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" I can firmly resolve that this book is definitely worth adding to your arsenal of knowledge, as it could very well mean the difference between life and death."

James L. Bruner
Editor, Water and Woods Magazine

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" Simple Survival is straightforward, delightfully humorous, factual, trustworthy and most importantly, understandable - something that many survival guides available today fail to be. It is a pleasure to read a book with a serious subject and learn so much in a user-friendly way."

Andy Coleman
Owner, Ironclad Surplus, UK

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" Simple Survival is the freshest survival book to cross my desk in a decade. Gary has written one of the must-have books for anyone interested in the outdoors and I have no hesitation in recommending it."

John Egan
Owner, Survivalist Books, Australia

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" Gary Benton combines sound survival advice with a fun and engaging style of writing. His Simple Survival is illuminating for both novice outdoor enthusiasts and experienced wilderness users."

Lucia Hyde
Editor, Wonderful West Virginia Magazine

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" I consider myself very lucky to have had Gary Benton as my egress/ejection and survival instructor when I was in the United States Air Force in the mid 1970's. I personally know of at least four people who survived to fly another day due to his training. The sign of a true survival professional is one who keeps you alive and this man does it! Gary is no armchair survival expert, but a real hands on individual and this guide can make a serious difference in a life and death situation."

Mark E. Zlotkowski
Major, USAF, Retired

A Word from the Author

Gary L. Benton:

" This book has taken me years to write. It is primarily a collection of articles?many have been published previously in some of North America?s best outdoors publications (Modern Survival Magazine, Buck Masters, Big Game Hunt, Wonderful West Virginia Magazine, Back Home Magazine, Family Camping Magazine and others). In these articles, you will discover some great general family camping information.

" This survival and outdoors guide is for your enjoyment (and to get you thinking about nature). I have over forty years of wilderness outdoors experience and I have camped in various states and many different countries, as well as under some very extreme weather conditions. I have slept in the jungles in the Philippines Islands, the frozen arctic north of Alaska, and the blistering deserts of Arizona and New Mexico, so I feel my knowledge base is extensive.

" Some of my writing is just plain camping (even with the kids)?fun, fishing, hiking, or hunting information. We have added these articles to make the guide more enjoyable for those folks who may be looking for general wilderness information and want to share what they learn with a child.

" Simple Survival is for those families and individuals who wish to improve or learn emergency survival skills. I do not support radical survivalist movements in any way."