Blitz2 or AMOS

[rockersuke]

There's a Blitz 2 manual at the Amiga Manuals Website (section "Aplications") but I'm not sure if it's 2.1 specific.

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[Daedalus]

If you install a recent version of AmiBlitz (from http://www.amiforce.de) it has the full 2.1 manual in AmigaGuide format included. I also like to have the paper version, but it's nice to have the whole lot at your fingertips... And as Bloodline pointed out, the examples and tutorials are excellent, and have been added to a lot since toe 2.1 days. For example, if you load in any of the new includes, it will contain a small example which simply compiles and works, and is usually very easy to understand...

[fishy_fiz]

As much as I liked Amiblitz, Id recommend using the Ultimate Blitz CD if youre using a more modest "real" Amiga. It contains Blitz 2.1 and a shedload of updates, plus lots of good examples. In regards to the manual the page recommended in this thread (http://amiga-manuals.npage.de/index.html) has good copies of everything in PDF scans (manual, reference guide, user guide, etc.). Bare in mind though that it's spread between both applications and ebooks. An AmigaGuide version of the manual itself is also included on the Ultimate Blitz CD (which is quite easy to find (Back To The Roots has it for example)).
Blitz itself also has good "intergrated" help. Pressing help will give you the syntax for any command that the cursor is currently occupying in the editor for example.

[Hattig]

Then why is it that when my friend sends me Blitz source code, its all a bunch of gobbledygook.  Like its all been tokenized or compressed.  I can't edit his Blitz source in my CED.

Yeah, it's tokenised. The Blitz editor highlights keywords, and by default saves tokenised. However it does have an option to save and edit as plain text IIRC.