Try Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival
and
The Complete how-to Book of Indiancraft by W. Ben Hunt
The Bowyers bible as mentioned
Remember Ishi"s uncle's sage advice,"Any fool can make a bow, the wise man makes the arrow."
If you are going to use feathers,don't mix the wing feathers. A right wing feather will make the arrow rotate right, a left wing to the left and mixing them will make the arrow wobble. good luck
I can see why you are thinking to building one. When I go into a sporting good store, all I see are compounds. And i don't see any good bows in the flea markets.