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 Absolutley The worst book yet! November 13, 2009
M. Pastorelli
I seriously want my money back! What kind of field guide has no photos and all hand drawn pictures my 4 year old could of drawn better. You buy these books to learn. How are you suppose to learn what the plants are if you can't identify them. I guess this book secures his survival because everyone else will perish because of eating the wrong wild plants.
 Not A "Feild" Giude, But Excelent Information January 2, 2009
Cerebellum
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is not something that you can throw in your bag, take it to the woods, and identify plants with. It has very few pictures, and the few pictures it contains, are just colorless sketches. That being said, this book contains wonderful information about many types of plants. Tom brown even says that this book is meant to be used in combination with other field guides. He also recommends several wonderful guides in the book. Once you can successfully identify a plant, then you can use this book's vast amounts of useful information to learn what, food and medicinal values that the plant has. In addition to wonderful information, there are many wonderful stories about Tom's personal experience with each plant. I highly recommend this book to any person who is looking to a expand their information about plants, or needs a companion to another field guide.
 To be used with a field guide December 22, 2008
JohnnyCache (USA)
This is a very useful book to be used with an actual field guide with pictures. I don't regret buying it as he goes into great detail and helps you remember the plants and their uses much better than a field guide alone. A good book for all foragers.
youll never starve in the woods after reading this book May 26, 2008
David M. Schultz (Richmond, Virginia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book of possibilities. Tom covers about Fifty plants... Deeply.
He gives their personalities and the stories of how they came into his life and Grandfather's instructions on use. By no means encyclopedic, He covers the few plants on a practical and spiritual level. A very unique book, very inspiring.
Not a field guide but a personality guide April 20, 2007
Mark Benson (Austin, Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In this book Tom isn't really trying to make a field guide to identify edible/medicinal plants. He is trying to get you to enjoy those plants, not just use them. Each plant that he talks about has a story that goes along with it. Whether it is the first time he took a sip of catnip tea or an adventure down the river on a raft made from sassafras trees that had been cut down. I have found this book extremely helpful in enjoying and getting to know the types of plants described. Which i find in turn helps me a lot with identifying them from look a likes and really appreciating what i do find to eat.
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