ABOUT THE AUTHOR Robert W. Pelton is considered to be one of the most respected survival experts in the country. He has published a series of four outstanding pocket survival manuals which were the result of 45 years of intense data collecting and firsthand experience, both in and outside the military. These unique survival guides have been widely proclaimed by many leading authorities to be the best and most practical of their kind in the world. Pelton has been much in demand as a speaker to diverse groups all over the United States on a great variety of survival subjects - pertaining to both urban and wilderness survival techniques. Included are such topics as buying and stocking a backpack, building shelters in the wilderness, long-term food storage for the home, edible and medicinal plants, and so on. Tom R. Murray offers this: "Mr. Pelton puts together rare combinations of intellectual energies as a writer and speaker that will captivate all levels of an audience." Mr. Pelton may be contacted for convention speaking engagements, speaking before church, scouting and other groups. and can be reached at: Survival Specialists 865-776-6644 e-mail: christianamerica2@yahoo.com