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Books : Back to Basics: How to Learn and Enjoy Traditional American Skills (Second Edition) |
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 640.973
EAN: 9780895779397
ISBN: 0895779390
Label: Reader's Digest Association
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 456
Publication Date: March 17, 1997
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Sales Rank: 336201
Studio: Reader's Digest Association
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Product Description:
This how-to, user-friendly guide teaches self-sufficiency-covering all of life's essentials: shelter; alternative energy sources; growing and preserving food; home crafts; directions for making herbal remedies; and even home-grown entertainment.
Amazon.com Review:
'Voluntary simplicity' has become a catch phrase for what seems to be a yearning for a simpler, more self-sufficient and economical way of living in the late 20th century. This book, first published in 1981 and recently updated, was probably many folks' first in-depth exposure to the idea of a simpler life, making things by hand, and enjoying a stronger sense of control over personal budgets, home projects, and lifestyles. Hundreds of projects are listed, illustrated in step-by-step diagrams and instructions: growing and preserving your own food, converting trees to lumber and building a home from it, traditional crafts and homesteading skills, and having fun with recreational activities like camping, fishing, and folk dancing without spending a lot of money. This book will have you dreaming and planning from the first page! -- Mark A. Hetts
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Excellent
This book is jam packed with very useful information and lots of pictures. My son-in-law and his mom love it. She and I grew up on farms where much of this information was common practice. I'm glad to see people trying to regain the natural and healthful ways of farming. This book covers absolutely everything you need to know to survive and thrive.
Rating:  - good overview
This book provides a great overview of a lot of things, but doesn't get too much into the weeds. As the daughter of a contractor, I'll tell you that the book leaves a LOT out of building your own home. But I'd like to build a stone cottage some day, so i appreciate the ideas it offers. I'm not all the way through, but I like how they offer other books to read if you are interested in one specific activity, allowing you to gain more knowledge than the general overview the book provides. Good overview, ... Read More
Rating: - Very informative
This book has some interesting things for the diy type of person that I never considered doable on a small scale before.
Rating: - Back to Basics
This particular book is as it's title implies Back To Basics. It is an excellent book which will give you a historic view of how things were done in the past and give you a foundation to build your skills on.
In the event of a disaster, it will give you guide lines on how to do tasks and build skills to help you come out on top of many situations that can result from a natural disaster, a financial disaster and hone your survival skills. I recommend it for this reason.
While ... Read More
Rating:  - Some good information, but unfocused (details)
This illustrated book has been published chiefly for those who are new to country living, and/or who have an interest in self-sufficiency and in retrieving some of the "lost arts" which are appurtenant to traditional country life. The information is mostly introductory and rudimentary... a good start for most folks new to these areas of interest.
I have lived in the foothills of rural Appalachia for 55 years and have been involved in carrying out nearly all the construction, activities, arts, ... Read More
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