This book is excellent for people who want to wrap their head around the concept of “bugging out”. I have been assiduously trying to put together a good bug-out bag and figure out a game plan for WTSHTF, but have been held up by the overload of information out there on things that should compose a bug-out bag, as well as an idea of what to do. In my particular situation, I live in a big city and don’t have the luxury of having some pre-stocked “battle bunker” at the moment, and I need alternatives to staying put in case the SHTF where I am. While I am not thrilled with the notion of roughing it in the woods, Mr. Williams has given leads and concepts, as well as equipment lists that will allow me to make the most out of such an eventuality with confidence.

The author’s practical, common-sense look at the matter was a great primer on where to go next, as well as how to narrow down the dizzying array of gear that is available and recommended by a variety of survival resources. After reading this book, I now understand far better what I should include in my bug-out bag, where I might go in the event of the SHTF, and how to prepare routes of escape. I don’t think Mr. Williams intended for this book to be some end-all, be-all, but rather a means for people to take action and find further resources, which he provides a-plenty in the back of his book.

I would (and will) recommend this book to anyone who is interested in having a leg up on getting out of dodge, should the worst occur.

This is an excellent book. It is the first SHTF book I have read, that went beyond just talking about what “tools” are needed to get out of Dodge. Whereas most of the books I’ve read, deal with a ‘bug-out bag’ and what might go in it, and something about protection to go along with that, this book goes well beyond that.

It covers not only When to get our of Dodge, and What to take with you, but also, HOW to get out of Dodge, i.e., what type of transportation. Then it discusses, by state, WHERE you can go to find the remoteness needed to survive.

You need some place to go, that would be safer and remote, with animals and plants readily available for food, and this author actually covers the WHERE to go, which would provide the remoteness and food needed to survive. Not one other SHTF book, that I have read, has done such an indepth job of the topic.

He covers the safe, remote areas, in every state, and indicates how far they are from major cities and towns; he also discusses the remote areas by region, as in the Applachian trail. He discusses the possible transportation routes you might use, to get to these areas, and the livability once there, given food sources and the climate conditions.

This book is excellent; I read it on Kindle, and it is one of the few books that I feel I need in paperback version for reference. So as soon as this review is written, I’m buying it in paperback too.

Thanks for an excellent, very well-rounded book on the topic of bugging out !!!!!!