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Dale BrooksThe northern woodsCount book, 2026

Get ready. Stay ready.

Three prepping books from a man who's counted, bought and tested every item at his own house, forty minutes from help.

3Books
40Chapters
36Printable cards
380+Pages
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The Prepper's Field Manual, Volume IThe Prepper's Field ManualI · the whole count · 190+ pages When the Grid Goes Down, Volume IIWhen the Grid Goes DownII · the power · 90+ pages When the Cold Comes, Volume IIIWhen the Cold ComesIII · the cold · 90+ pages

Who's keeping the count

Dale Brooks at the table in his den
At the table in my den, up north.
"I did twenty-six years in the Army, and I run my house the way the Army plans a unit: per person, per day, from the published numbers, with ninety days on hand; out here the ambulance is forty minutes away, so everything in these books I've counted, bought and tested at my own place."

My daughters asked me to write down how the place runs. Deb said a notebook was wasted on two people. So it's three books, with the arithmetic done, and a pencil's all you need to make it yours.

Dale Brooks · From twenty-six years in the Army, and a house run by the Army's numbers, forty minutes from help.

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The Prepper's Field Manual, Volume I

★★★★★From readers

190+ pagesStart hereVolume I · the whole count · 20 chapters

The Prepper's Field Manual

A retired soldier's complete guide to getting your family ready, built on the Army's own numbers

  • Per person, per day the Army's planning figures, turned into your house's own count
  • Ninety days on hand water, food, power, heat and fuel, in the order a house fails
  • What it costs prices I paid at the hardware store, the farm store and the grocery in town
  • 18 printable cards filled in with a pencil, and the whole count on one page at the back

From the contents

  1. 2Per Person, Per Day: How the Army Plans
  2. 3What Fails First, in Order
  3. 4Ninety Days: The Target, and Why Not Two Weeks
  4. 6Water: The Planning Figure and Your House's Count
  5. 7Food: Ninety Days of What You Eat Anyway
  6. 9Power: What Your House Must Keep Running
  7. 15What Ninety Days Costs
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When the Grid Goes Down, Volume II

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90+ pagesVolume II · the power · 10 chapters

When the Grid Goes Down

Generators, solar and batteries: what really keeps a house running when the power is out for days or weeks

  • Your load list in watts what your house really draws, written down before you buy anything
  • The generator sized to that list, and run outside, 20 feet from the house
  • Fuel, batteries, sun fuel counted in days, batteries in hours, the sun in your worst month
  • No wiring anything tied to the house is the licensed electrician's job, and the book tells you what to ask him

From the contents

  1. 2What Your House Draws: the Load List in Watts
  2. 3The Generator: Sized, Fueled and Run Outside
  3. 4Transfer Switch or Interlock: a Licensed Job
  4. 5Fuel for Weeks: Stored, Stabilized, Rotated
  5. 6Batteries and Power Stations: What They Really Run
  6. 7Solar: What a Day of Sun Gives, and What It Won't
  7. 8The Well, the Fridge and the Freezer
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When the Cold Comes, Volume III

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90+ pagesVolume III · the cold · 10 chapters

When the Cold Comes

Surviving deep cold at home and outdoors, by the Army's own cold-weather manuals: heat, water, the truck, the wood and the walk home

  • One warm room heat without the grid, and water that doesn't freeze
  • The truck and the wood a truck that starts on the coldest morning, and two winters of wood
  • Outdoors in snow fire in a ring, shelter off the snow, and staying found
  • The walk home and when to turn back, by the Army's cold-weather manuals

From the contents

  1. 2Dressing by the Army's Cold-Weather Rule
  2. 3Heat Without the Grid
  3. 4Water That Doesn't Freeze: Well, Lines, Jugs
  4. 5The Truck in Deep Cold
  5. 6The Saw, the Axe and the Wood
  6. 8Snowshoes, Map and Compass: Staying Found
  7. 10When to Turn Back, and the Walk Home
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All three, added up

The three Dale Brooks books, new, in the middle of a shelf of old worn books
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The Dale Brooks Collection

The Prepper's Field Manual, When the Grid Goes Down and When the Cold Comes: the whole house, the power, and the cold.

The Prepper's Field Manualthe whole count · 190+ pages$19
When the Grid Goes Downthe power · 90+ pages$14
When the Cold Comesthe cold · 90+ pages$14
Bought one at a time$47

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First edition, 2026 · the northern woods

Why you can trust the numbers

Every number has a source

Every figure comes from a published document: the Army's own field manuals and regulations, the National Weather Service, the Red Cross, the extension service. Each one is named, with its year, in the sourcing sheet at the back of the book.

Receipts from one house

Every price is what I paid at the hardware store, the farm store or the grocery in town, and roughly when. Then it's worked out for your house, per person, per day. One house and two people is the limit of what I know, and the books say so.

The lines it won't cross

No weapon of any kind. Nothing that burns indoors, and the generator stays outside. No wiring: anything tied to the house is the licensed electrician's job. No first aid taught, and no canning outside a tested published method. And 30 days, money back, keep the files.

Frequently asked questions

Which one do I start with?

The Prepper's Field Manual. It's the whole count: water, food, power, heat, fuel, the kit and the plan. The other two are one job each. If it's the power that worries you, When the Grid Goes Down. If it's the cold, When the Cold Comes. If you'd rather have it all on the shelf, all three are $37.

What am I actually getting?

PDFs, 8.5 by 11, in big plain type. You pay once, and in about a minute there's an email with the download. Read them on a phone, a tablet or a computer, or print them at home. The cards at the end of the chapters are made to print, fill in with a pencil and pin up.

I was never in the Army. Will I follow it?

Yes. The Army's figures are published documents anybody can read. I read them and turned them into a house's count, per person, per day. You don't need to have served. You need a pencil and a weekend.

I don't live in the woods. Is this for me?

The numbers are per person, per day, so they work in a house in town the same as out here. My woodshed and my well are mine. Your water, your food, your power and your plan are the same count.

Will the power book have me wiring my own panel?

No. There's no wiring in it and no electrical repair. Anything that ties a generator or a battery to your house is a licensed electrician's job, with a permit and an inspection. The book tells you what to ask him, and the generator always runs outside.

Is there anything in here about guns?

No. Not one, of any kind. I did my twenty-six years, and that's not what these books are for. Your job is to be the house that's too much trouble, and then to call the sheriff.

What if it's not for me?

30 days, full refund, no questions. Reply to the email the books came in and you get your money back. Keep the files.

Is any of this medical advice, or the order to leave?

No. I own the kit and I took the class. What to do with it is theirs to teach. Go take the class. Your county and the National Weather Service give the orders, and they come first. When they say leave, you leave.

The storm doesn't care what you meant to do. Do the count while the lights are on.

Out here, you're the first forty minutes. Wherever you live, help is some distance off, and your house carries it until they get there. Pick one thing this week and count it, per person, per day. The books have the numbers worked out.

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