EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND MORE: a Manual on Food Storage and Survival is a comprehensive book designed to provide preparedness information to the average American family residing in the United States today. It consists of twenty-three chapters that cover a wide variety of survival topics, such as figuring out the amounts and types of foods you need to store in order to be self-sufficient and how to package this food for long-term storage. After reading this book, you will be able to answer important questions that include: How do you cook your food without electricity? What type of medical supplies should you have on hand? Do you know how to purify your drinking water if the water system fails? How should you navigate precious metal trading? All of this and more is included in this easy to read book.