dixieangler
Registered: 06/11/09
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Hi John & Geri,
I just picked up a copy of UGTWL as a birthday gift for my sister. I also ordered a copy for myself. The copy that was on the shelf was the only one the bookstore had. I thought that I would find it in the nature section if it was in the store at all and did not find it there so I ordered two copies at the clerk desk. The clerk told me that he did have a copy on hand in the sports section.  Sure enough it was in the sports section. LOL So I bought that copy and the clerk told me that I could just buy one of the two that were on order when they came in. I did get to thumb through the book before I gave it to my sister and it is basically the same as PWL&SS or Book 1 with some things like containers from PWS, A&A or Book 2. Just smaller print and smaller photos with different editing. I did notice that some things from Book 1 were left out, not major things but some things (photo plates, etc.) like the Quickie Bow (Juniper Bow) in the Chapter 9 Primitive Tools section at the back of Book 1. At least I don't think I saw it in UGTWL if it is in there. I really did not get a good look at the UGTWL Tool chapter to see if it was there.
Anyway, it seems to be a good condensed version of Book 1 at a lower cost. I hope this UGTWL is doing well for you on sales. My sister was thrilled by all the skills covered when she leafed through it. She said it would be an Ultimate, Ultimate if water, edible and medicinal plants were added at the end. I tried to explain to her that this was a skills book rather than a total human needs book and that there were other books that covered those particular areas. I also explained to her that no one can live a wilderness life completely and hope to survive indefinitely due to medical needs that go far beyond first aid and natural medicinal or holistic remedies. Internal problems such as internal bleeding and so on that require a medical doctor and modern tools. Most folks just died prematurely before the advent of modern medicine. Now folks are living to a ripe old age. I told her, "You work in medical records at the hospital and you ought to know that." LOL
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prariewolf
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Registered: 11/28/06
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Hey Robert;
Yep, UGTWL is basically a reorganized copy of NW1. Ulysses Press approached us about picking up our book(s) - as have two other publishers in the past. Previously they anted 100% rights to old versions and pay us a small stipend which would then be taken back out of any royalties. I said to them, please show me how this will be of benefit to me and I'll be glad to get out of the day to day hassles of publishing. They couldn't and so I didn't. Then along came Ulysses. The wanted to reprint, changing name and reorganizing the chapters. I kept all rights to NW1 (&NW2) and the basic info that we have would be distributed by a “real” publisher and that would in effect get the book into book stores that small Prairie Wolf could not reach. This gave us wider audiences and did not interfere with our set up as is. Win-win.
You are correct in that this book is about “skills” 408 pages as is. Each chapter takes up 35-38 pages. Adding info about plants was in my original plans but further study convinced me that I was better off not including it - but I did fill that void with a chapter in NW2 on nutrition. Yes, I probably could have done something quick on water - illustrating how to disinfect (boiling chapter 5 and containers chapter 7 & 8) and adding something on obtaining it might have been better - but I didn't. Skills.
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