Books, movies, series and more about primitive living and skills

[GlisGlis]

I was searching method to natural dye cattail and stumbled on a very informative free book on project gutemberg site.
As I see often post on natural dyes I think it's of common interest.
you can read online or download a version more suitable for ereaders.

title is: A book on vegetable dyes

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50079

I paste the working link as this is a no profit organisation and I'm not advertising or such

[GlisGlis]

just saw El abrazo de la serpiente (embrace of the serpent) movie
An adventure based on two journeys made by a shaman in the amazonian jungle.
A pretext to show the drama of disappearing indigenous population
Pretty intense at times, all shot in black and white

[Fox]

"nunamuit" and "the land of feast and famine" by helge ingested are both good books about northern people in Canada and Alaska...

[GlisGlis]

At my local library I found put on display "el primer heroi" (the first hero) by Marti Gironell
Allegedly a novel set in prehistoric times.

Reading the enthusiastic reviews I had pretty high expectations

He is considered a master of the popular historical novel, and his novels have brought renewed interest and fame to forgotten yet fascinating figures of Southern Europe’s history.

It was an almost total delusion.
I did not like it at all and stopped reading about halfway through the book.
 it's a cauldron of clichès and worst of all there are depicted living styles, tools, techniques taken from all over the world in different times and blended toghether in an inconsistent scenario.
The archery parts are terrifying. Same for the nature and fauna description.
In my opinion not worth the reading time

[GlisGlis]

"the inheritors"  by William Golding
the story of one of the first encounters between neanderthal and sapiens
It may not be historically correct but it's a very good read in my opinion!

[WhistlingBadger]

Oh, good, we've revived this thread!

Any Louis L'Amour fans here?  His books frequently deal with primitive survival in fairly realistic ways, and many of his characters know how to make and use primitive bows, probably many more than real white people did in the old west. 

"Last of the Breed" is a standout.  It's sort of a modern western that takes place in the 1980s, about a Lakota air force pilot who is captured by the Russians, escapes into Siberia, and has to revert to the old ways of his youth to survive and try to escape.  Not L'Amour's best writing, in my opinion (that would be "Sacket's Land" or "The Sacket Brand", both of which also have a lot of fun survival content), but the premise of the story is so great that it's a great read.  And it has possibly the most intense, cliff-hanger ending of any book I've ever read.

[GlisGlis]

another fine book:

"The gathering night" by Margaret Elphinstone

Followed Brians suggestion
Indeed good reading 
credible picture of mesolithic events

[GlisGlis]

Went through "1883" series.
it's about a family doing the Oregon trail
it depicts well how strong, skilled, determined and lucky you had to be to do such a difficult journey
there are some credible archery and native americans sequences
The story is played in 10 episods but after the success of the series there are rumors about new episodes coming in 2023

[GlisGlis]

just read there is a series called "into the wild frontier"

Each episode follows a different real-life historical figure. The show looks at the stories of different people such as Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Jim Beckwourth ,and Kit Carson.

I had a view at some trailers on youtube and despite they all wear brand new shining clothes it seems a good series.
Did anyone see it?

[Muskyman]

Just stumbled across this and wanted to add to the list
Alan W Echert books. He has many other books on the Shawnee and Iroquois Indians but my two favorite are these

The Frontiersman. Mostly about Simon Kenton

Wilderness Empire follows Sir William Johnson who was the chief Indian agent for the British and his dealings with the Iroquois