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Books & A/V recommended by the Wolf Camp Cooperative
For the only curriculum available off the shelf which teaches skills of the Naturalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Scout, Hunter, Artisan & Permaculture Pioneer, Order Wolf Journey.
For Safety:
First Aid for YOUths (Wilderness Medicine Institute) for pocket reference
Medicine for the Outdoors by Paul S. Auerbach (suitable for most needs)
Wilderness Medicine, Paul S. Auerbach, ed. (Mosby) for comprehensive emergency training
(Peterson's) Poisonous Plants (Houghton Mifflin) or any book on poisonous plants will be fine
For inspiration and understanding:
Ingwe (Kendall/Hunt from wildernessawareness.org)
The Peacemaker's Journey cassette with Jake Swamp
Grandfather by Tom Brown, Jr.
Ishi - Last of His Tribe by Theodora Kroeber
Black Elk Speaks with John G. Neihardi
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Celestine Prophesy by James Redfield
The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longellow (version by Bounty, rec.)
Waterlily (Bison) by Ella Cara Deloria
Any books with myth & lore of nature told through stories.
General Awareness:
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature and Survival for Children (best all around guide for all)
Rediscovery - Ancient Pathways - New Directions by Thom Henley - for teaching (out of print)
Seeing With Native Eyes cassette by Jon Young (Taweya from natureoutlet.com)
The Backyard Naturalist
Tom Brown's Field Guide to the Forgotton Wilderness (Berkely)
Scout Handbook by Baden Powell
Wolves: A Wildlife Handbook by Kim Long
Huge and fun atlas or encyclopedia of wildlife from a used book store.
13 & Under Quick Reference and Guidebooks to the Elements:
(Parentheses indicates that you should choose one or the other between the two publishers)
Golden Guides (small series)(Birds), (Fishes), Flowers, Fossils, Insects, (Mammals),
(Reptiles & Amphibians), (Rocks & Minerals), Pond Life,
(Seashores), Spiders, (Skies), (Trees), Weeds
Peterson's First Guides:(Astronomy), (Rocks & Minerals), (Birds), (Fishes),
(Mammals), (Reptiles & Amphibians), (Seashores),
(Trees), Urban Wildlife, Wildflowers, (Clouds & Weather)
14 & Above Quick Reference and Guidebooks to the Elements:
(Parentheses indicates that you should choose one or the other between the three publishers)
Golden Guides:(Fishes), Fossils, Insects, Pond Life, (Seashores), (Skies)
(Reptiles & Amphibians), (Rocks & Minerals), Spiders
Peterson's First Guides: (Astronomy), (Rocks & Minerals), (Fishes),
(Seashores), Wildflowers, (Reptiles & Amphibians),
Urban Wildlife, (Clouds & Weather)
Boy Scouts of America - Merit Badge Series: (available from their service centers)
(Archery), Astronomy, Backpacking, Basketry, Bird Study, Environ. Science,
First Aid, Geology, Insect Study, Leather Work, Mammal Study, (Medicine),
Oceanography, Nature, Pioneering, Reptiles & Amphibian Study, Textile,
Veterinary Medicine, Weather, Whitewater, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving
The Stars by H. E. Rey is available through hollowtop.com
Herbalism & Primitive Cooking:
Botony in a Day: Tomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families from hollowtop.com
Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & Mackinnon
Plants of the British Columbia Interior for sagebrush steppe areas throught the west
Plants of the Rocky Mountains
Medicinal Plants of the Desert & Canyon West by Michael Moore
Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West by Michael Moore
Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West by Michael Moore
(Peterson's) Edible Wild Plants (Houghton Mifflin)
(Peterson's) Medicinal Plants (Houghton Mifflin)
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Edible and Medicinal Plants (Berkely)
Healing Wise by Susun Weed is super for learning the art of the herbalist
Billy Jo Tatum's Wild Foods Cookbook & Field Guide
Roughing It Easy (Brigham Young U.) by Dian Thomas
Primitive Cooking (Woodsmoke) video found through hollowtop.com
It Will Live Forever: Traditional Yosemite Indian Acorn Preparation (Heyday) by Beverly R. Ortiz as told by Julia F. Parker.
The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook by David George Gordon or similar from hollowtop.com
The Tree Identifiation Book by George W.D. Symonds or Northwest Trees (The Mountaineers)
The Shrub Identifiation Book by George W.D. Symonds
Permaculture:
Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay
Permaculture: A Designers' Manual by Bill Mollison and Reny Mia Slay
The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukoka
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture: Books: Toby Hemenway & John Todd
The Permaculture Home Garden by Linda Woodrow
The Basics of Permaculture Design by Ross Mars
The Earth Garden Book of Alternative Energy by Alan T. Gray
The Humanure Handbook - a guide to composting human manure by J.C Jenkins
Cob Builders Handbook by Becky Bee
The Earth Builders Handbook by Simmons and Gray
A Vision for Community by Ian Mason
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander
The Permaculture Activist periodical and www.permacultureactivist.net
http://www.google.com/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/Permaculture/
Ethnobotany and Ethnoecology Resource Guide by Michael Pilarski from friendsoftrees.org
Stella Natura: Kimberton Hillsbiodynamic Agricultural Planting guide & Calendar 888-516-7797
Survival & Primitive Crafts:
Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
Primitive Technology - A Book of Earth Skills, David Wescott, ed. (Society of Primitive Tech.)
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival (Berkely)
The Indian Hunters by R. Stephen Irwin (Hancock House) - native hunting, fishing methods
Wilderness Survival Pocket Books by Mors Kochanski, numbers 1-10 found at hollowtop.com
Woodsmoke: Collected Writings on Ancient Living Skills found through hollowtop.com
Outdoor Skills Instruction - Survival by Boy Scouts of America
The Foxfire Book and Foxfire Volume 3 (plus possible others like volumes 5 and 9)
Survival Shelters (Hoods Woods) video found through hollowtop.com
Fire I: Handdrill (Woodsmoke) video (hollowtop.com)
Friction Fire with Jim Riggs (Northwestern) video found through hollowtop.com
Cordage with Jim Riggs (Northwestern) video found through hollowtop.com
Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans by Jim Hamm (Lyons & Burford)
Primitive Bow & Arrow (Prarie Wolf) video found through hollowtop.com
Traps (Hoods Woods) video found through hollowtop.com
Indian Fishing - Early Methods on the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart
Flintknapping - The Art of Making Stone Tools by Paul Hellweg
The Art of Flint Knapping (Mound Builder) video found through hollowtop.com
Blue Mountain Buckskin by Jim Riggs, or Deerskins into Buckskins by Matt Richards, hollowtop.com
Brain Tan Buckskin (Prarie Wolf) video on the dry scrape method found through hollowtop.com
Tanning Journey (Melvin Beattie) video on the wet scrape found through hollowtop.com
Complete Brain Tanner (Brent Ladd) video found through hollowtop.com
Cedar by Hillary Stewart
Birds:
(Golden Guide) Birds of North America - best book for the money
(Peterson's Eastern or Western) Birds (Houghton Mifflin) - most comprehensive book
The Birder's Handbook (Simon & Shuster)
(Peterson's) Birds Nests - Western(Houghton Mifflin)
Advanced Bird Language cassette by Jon Young (Taweya from natureoutlet.com)
(Peterson's Eastern or Western) Birding by Ear, Walton , Lawson (Houghton Mifflin) cassettes
(Petersons' Eastern or Western) Bird Songs (Houghton Mifflin) CD for comprehensive reference
Bird Tracks & Sign (Stackpole) by Mark Elbroch with Eleanor Marks.
Tracking & Animals:
Mammal Tracks & Sign (Stackpole) by Mark Elbroch
A Field Guide to Tracking in North America by James Halfpenny
Tracking and the Art of Seeing by Paul Rezendes
Tom Brown's Field Guide to Nature Observation and Tracking (Berkely) for learning
Tracking: Mastering The Basics (Halfpenny) video found through hollowtop.com
(Peterson's) Animal Tracks by Olaous J. Murie (Houghtin Mifflin) 2006 Edition Only edited by Mark Elbroch
(Peterson's) Animal Tracks by Olaous J. Murie (Houghtin Mifflin)
Wilderness Tracks by Barbara Butler (Hancock House)
Mammals of the Pacific Northwest by Chris Maser
Amphibians of Oregon, Washington and British Colunbia by Corkran & Thoms (Lone Pine)
Skeletons by Eyewitness Books, and look for other feather/hair reference guides.
Observing Insect Lives in Stokes Nature Guides
The Science and Art of Tracking by Tom Brown, Jr.
Tracker by Joel Hardin with Matt Condon from joelhardin.com
Tracking: A Blueprint for Learning How (Pathways) by Jack Kearney
Miscellaneous: Ecology, Taxonomy, Drawing, and Things People Rarely Mention
Concise Encyclopedia - Biology (Walter de Gruyter - Berlin - New York)
Readers Digest Guide to North American Wildlife
(Peterson's) Ecology of Western Forests by Kricher & Morrison (Houghton Mifflin)
Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms, Vols. 1&2, Sybil P. Parker, ed. (McGraw-Hill)
Drawing from the Book of Nature, Dennis Klocek, Rudolf Steiner College Press
How They Do It (Quill) by Robert A. Wallace for enjoyable reproductive descriptions
How to Shit in the Woods (Ten Speed Press) by Kathleen Meyer
The Stars by H. E. Rey is available through hollowtop.com
Periodicals: See above for web site links.
The HOPS Calendar of Schools - Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School(406) 685-3222
FoxPrint News - Wilderness Awareness School newsletter(425) 788-1301.
Northwest Conservation - Northwest Ecosystems Alliance(360) 671-9950
Environmental coverage of issues in the North Cascades bioregion.
Bulletin of Primitive Technology, PO Box 3226, Flagstaff, AZ 86003
Agricultural Calendar - Kimberton Hills - for celestial events(800) 516-7797
Come Meet Us
Click for a link to the Fall-Spring Class Series descriptions. All classes run from 6-9 p.m. including a pot-luck dinner. Classes take place at the new Wolf Camp home office at 1313 A 2nd St. in historic downtown Snohomish. Please park on "E" Street as there is no parking right around our home office. Costs vary, so see class descriptions for details.
Mondays: Cooperative Group Facilitation runs November 17th - December 15th in the late fall of 2008, January 5 - February 9 in the winter of 2009, March 2 - April 6 in the spring of 2009, April 27 - June 1 in the earlly summer of 2009, and September 21 - November 16 in the fall of 2009. The cost is $5.00 for those with demonstrated facilitation experience, and $10.00 per class for beginners.
Tuesdays: Permaculture Pot Luck runs November 18th - December 16th in the late fall of 2008, January 6 - February 10 in the winter of 2009, March 3 - April 7 in the spring of 2009, April 28 - June 2 in the earlly summer of 2009, and September 22 - November 17 in the fall of 2009. This is a complimentary event for those who are currently engaged in permaculture projects and who will be preparing pot-luck dishes to share, while the public is also invited to attend at a $5.00 contribution level to learn about permaculture.
Wednesdays: Earth Skills Study runs November 12th - December 17th in the late fall of 2008, with no class on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, January 7 - February 11 in the winter of 2009, March 4 - April 8 in the spring of 2009, April 29 - June 3 in the earlly summer of 2009, and September 23 - November 18 in the fall of 2009. There is no charge for those who are already teaching in the field of earth skills, or $5.00 for those who are actively studying the Wolf Journey or similar secret-spot-based curriculum, and $10.00 per class for everyone else.
Thursdays: Art & Music Composition runs November 13th - December 18th in the late fall of 2008, with no class on Thanksgiving Day, January 8 - February 12 in the winter of 2009, March 5 - April 9 in the spring of 2009, April 30 - June 4 in the earlly summer of 2009, and September 24 - November 19 in the fall of 2009. The cost is $5.00 for those who are currently teaching or professionally recording music and art, and $10.00 per class for beginners/intermediates. You can also try out your compositions on Friday nights at Open Mic Lives! located in the Thumbnail Theater just up the street from the Wolf Camp home office where Chris has some of his sound equipment on loan, and Chris will also help you schedule and promote cover performances of your compositions at the Thumbnail on Saturday nights if you like.
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