Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I saw a copy at my local library, and, like the Whole Earth Catalog, it contained a whole lot of stuff not related to survival--unless you count SOUL survival. Isn't that what the bible was written for? As someone who married a Boy Scout, preparedness is always top priority around here. I found my brother's old 70's field manual to be more helpful than anything else available (I stress OLD because new ones rely on pre-manufactured things like tents, sleeping bags, dried foods, etc.). Just what is a 2007 Boy Scout supposed to do in a TRUE emergency without access to those things? An old manual would have the answers--how to build shelter, hunt/prepare/store food, leave signs and trails, and how to disappear when needed--and how to do these things FROM SCRATCH! I, for one, don't see the need to buy this book. Like new Boy Scout manuals, it relies too much on the purchase of commercial items to "prepare". It's a Sears catalog for hippies.