The Disaster Diaries - Sam Sheridan

The Disaster Diaries

By Sam Sheridan

  • Release Date: 2013-01-24
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4
4
From 75 Ratings

Description

Gain the basic skills you'd need to live through a cataclysmic event—one humbling and angst-filled lesson at a time
 
We're inundated daily with images of chaos and catastrophe from movies, books, and the nightly news. When Sam Sheridan became a father, these tales of disaster became impossible to ignore, and he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect his son. He soon realized, however, that each possible doomsday scenario required a different skillset, and in order to really survive the apocalypse, he'd have to learn everything, from starting a fire to stealing a car, learning to fight with a knife, and even building an igloo. With just the right mix of seriousness, paranoia, and self-deprecation, The Disaster Diaries is irresistible armchair adventure reading that informs as much as it entertains.

Reviews

  • awesome awesome awesome!

    5
    By Atomic247
    refreshing, straight forward and hilarious. There were more than a few times I started laughing hard enough that people thought I must be nuts. But the information is bullet proof and straightforward great. It focuses on prioritizing in all situations and just really looking at what’s important. Done with the approach of not to serious situations makes it a lot more fun.
  • Sam does it again!

    5
    By papasierra6
    Simple and thought provoking, Sheridan takes the reader on a journey from the highways of southern California to the frozen tundra of the great white north. Stressing preparation, not paranoia, he allows the professionals to explain why these skills are so crucial to survival if, and possibly when, the grid goes down.
  • Levelheaded and informative...

    4
    By WhaaHappin?!
    Levelheaded and informative approach to survival skills, which is a refreshing change from the extreme and misguided "preppers" you see on TV and the internet.
  • Great

    5
    By Nightbookjunkie
    Great book. Really entertaining as well as useful info.