Participating in Nature: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills. Including wilderness survival & stone-age camping skills, primitive technology and nature awareness.

-Participating in Nature-
Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills
(5th Edition)

Get in touch with your wild side! Primitive living is a way of learning about nature by participating in it. Instead of merely camping in the wilderness or passing through it, you can become part of the process. You learn about nature by using it to meet your needs for shelter, fire, water, and food. You set aside the trappings of modern culture and step directly into nature with little or nothing, to experience nature on its own terms.

See also the Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series

Tom's guide gives you a direct, hands-on experience of the world around you. With this book you have the opportunity to discover the thrill of staying warm and comfortable without even a blanket! Experience the magic of starting a fire by friction. Butcher your own deer and braintan its hide to make warm buckskin clothing. Learn about edible plants of the Rocky Mountain region, plus processing techniques and "primitive gourmet" skills like making wild strawberry ashcake pies or stir-fry cooking without a pan.

This book is the source for in depth coverage of tire sandals, bedroll packs and pack frames, felting with wool, quick bows and bone arrowheads, sinews, hide glue, trapping, fishing by hand, water purification, birch bark canisters, willow baskets, primitive pottery, wooden containers, cordage, twig deer, stalking skills, simple stone knives, flint & steel, bowdrill and handdrill fire-starting.

Participating in Nature includes dozens of innovative skills and an incredible 350 pictures and illustrations plus a thoughtful philosophy. Tom does extensive experiential research. He places an emphasis on publishing new information that is not found in any other source. 5th Edition. 198 pages. November 2002. $25.

-Environmental Note-

This book is printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, bleached without chlorine. Everything but the cover was printed with soy based inks. $1.00 from every copy sold is donated to 3Rivers Park to help purchase habitat for people and wildlife in the Missouri Headwaters watershed in southwest Montana.

-Please Scroll Down for our On-Line Ordering Form-

-Table of Contents-

See what the press is saying about Participating in Nature!

-Please scroll down the page for ordering information.-

"I've read MANY books on survival. Enough that I rarely find fresh ideas in a new one I read. But yours is full of things that I haven't read in many other books. Thanks not only for the fresh ideas, but also for the fresh format. The narrative is wonderfully inspirational. I almost feel like I'm out in the field with you. I don't know if we'll ever meet (I hope we do), but if not I feel like I know you through your writings."

--David W.
Attala, Alabama

"I have your Participating in Nature book and read about the syrup. I have a big weeping birch in my yard and put 2 half inch taps in it last week and the last few days I have been getting 5 gallons of sap a day! I boiled 5 gallons of sap down to 1/2 pint of some of the best syrup I have ever tasted! I just wanted to say thanks for writing such a great book!"

-- Rob Simonich
Simonich Knives
Clancy, Montana

Participating in Nature, 5th Edition $25.00 Quantity:

Botany in a Day + Participating in Nature (Save $5.00) $45.00 Quantity:

Special Discount: Save $25.00!
Botany + Participating in Nature + Living Homes + Direct Pointing $75.00 Quantity:

Do you have an older edition of one of Tom's books?
Check out our special Upgrade Offer for faithful readers!

Unique Books & Videos by Thomas J. Elpel
Roadmap to Reality: Consciousness, Worldviews, and the Blossoming of Human Spirit
Shanleya's Quest: A Botany Adventure for Kids Ages 9 to 99
Shanleya's Quest: Patterns in Plants Card Game
Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification
Participating in Nature: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Primitive Living Skills
Direct Pointing to Real Wealth: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Money
Living Homes: Integrated Design & Construction
Slipform Stone Masonry DVD Companion to Living Homes

The Art of Nothing Wilderness Survival Video Series on DVD
3 Days at the River with nothing but our bare hands.
Mountain Meadows camping with almost nothing but the dog.
Mountain Lakes a survival fishing trip.
Canoe Camping on a song and a paddle.

Go to Books & Videos by Thomas J. Elpel.
Return to HOPS Press, LLC.

PO Box 684
Silver Star, MT 59751
406-287-3605
E-mail Contact Page

How to Place Retail Orders
(Click here for Wholesale Orders.)

Order On-Line: Order on-line with your Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express. Simply click on the links to learn more about each product and enter the quantity you want in the little white boxes, then click the "Add to Order" button. You will be transferred to our secure payment service for the final check-out.

Order by mail or telephone: We accept checks and money orders payable in US dollars. Please use the on-line shopping basket to tally your order. Click the "Pay for Order On-line" button to calculate the postage, then print or copy the information and call or send it to us at the address above.

Shipping Options

USA Customers
We ship all USA orders via USPS Priority Mail, except as otherwise noted on the website. Express Mail shipping is available by special request.
International
Customers outside the USA
please click here for additional
shipping information.

Granny's Country Store Departments
Tom's Books & Videos
Wilderness Survival | Nature, Wildlife, Tracking
Wildflowers and Edibles | Resources for Educators
Home-Building Resources | Goods for Green Living
Books & Gifts for Kids

Thomas J. Elpel's Web World Pages
Green University | Granny's Country Store | HOPS Press, LLC
Sustainable Living Skills | Primitive Living Skills
Wildflowers & Weeds | Society of Primitive Technology
Jefferson River Canoe Trail | What's New? | Search This Site!

Return to Thomas J. Elpel's
Web World Portal | Web World Tunnel
© 1997 - 2008 Thomas J. Elpel


USA Customers We ship all USA orders via USPS Priority Mail, except as otherwise noted on the website. Express Mail shipping is available by special request.	International Customers outside the USA please click here for additional shipping information.