Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life (published as Emergency : One Man's Story Of A Dangerous World And How To Stay Alive In It by Canongate) is a 2009 book on survivalist preparedness by Neil Strauss. In the book, the author gains citizenship of the island nation of St. Kitts, visits a ranch called Gunsite to learn to shoot, and learns techniques for tracking and surviving in the wilderness. Comics are used as illustrations throughout the book, detailing survival techniques.
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| Author | Neil Strauss |
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| Illustrator | Bernard Chang |
| Cover artist | Todd Gallopo |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Survivalism |
| Publisher | HarperCollins (US) Canongate (UK) |
Publication date | March 10, 2009 (US) April 2, 2009 (UK) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 418 p. |
| ISBN | 0-06-089877-1 (US) ISBN 1-84767-527-1 (UK) |
| LC Class | PN (US) HV (UK) |
The book culminates with author responding to the disaster site of 2008 Chatsworth train collision as an emergency search and rescue team member.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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edit- ^ Muir, Kate (May 2, 2009). "Swine flu...recession...should we all be reading Neil Strauss to survive". The Times. London. Archived from the original on May 8, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ McKinnell, Julia (March 26, 2009). "Neil Strauss - The Interview". Macleans.ca. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ Esposito, Michael (March 21, 2009). "'Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life' author Neil Strauss plans for the worst". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ Berton, Justin (March 15, 2009). "'Emergency,' by Neil Strauss". Sfgate.com. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ Carpenter, Susan (March 10, 2009). "Neil Strauss is ready for any emergency". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
- ^ Leddy, Chuck (March 21, 2009). "'Emergency' gets inside the survivalists". The Boston Globe. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
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