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Don Mclean (Author)
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  • Paperback: 80 pages
  • Publisher: Paladin Press,U.S. (July 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0873646754
  • ISBN-13: 978-0873646758
  • Product Dimensions: 22 x 14 x 0.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Learn how to make gunpowder from such items as dead cats, whiskey, your living room ceiling, manure and maple syrup with simple hand tools and techniques that have been used for centuries. This is a practical and safe approach to making the oldest propellant/explosive known. For information purposes only.
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The oldest explosive known is black gunpowder. Read the first page
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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The Do-it-yourself Gunpowder Cookbook by Don Mclean is more that just a how to book if offers you a safe and factual guide in how to make several gunpowders in a survival situation.
It also covers a historical where,who and how of gunpowder,and how to extrack the basic compounds used to manufacture gunpowder from the soil.

A very insightfull and usefull read.
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A good, quick guide to making explosives. If you're going to be an idiot and try and make some, you may as well know how to do it safely after all.

On a more serious note, this would make a reasonable addition to any surival kit (having a bit of blasting powder would, at the very least, make life on a desert island more interesting after all).
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I thought that this book was ok. It isn't very up to date and most of the diagrams were irrelevent.

The main problem with this book is that it is mainly about how gunpowder is made and not how to make gunpowder. The safety advice is quite useful though.

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