Here’s a non-exhaustive list of books you should read (or not, I won’t be offended)
A Hunter’s Heart - edited by David Peterson
The Final Frontiersman - James Campbell
Indian Creek Chronicles - Pete Fromm
Coming Into The Country - John McPhee
One Man’s Wilderness - Sam Keith & Richard Proenneke
Charcuterie, Salumi - Michael Ruhlman
On Food And Cooking : Harold McGee
Eiger Dreams, Into The Wild, Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
Wilderness And The American Mind - Roderick Nash
Desert Solitaire, The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
Pale Blue Dot - Carl Sagan
The Big Sky, The Way West, Fair Land, Fair Land - A.B. Guthrie
Down And Out In Paris And London - George Orwell