- Hardcover: 464 pages
- Publisher: Robinson Publishing (28 Jan 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1849013292
- ISBN-13: 978-1849013291
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 365,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills - the kind employed by our forefathers - and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-colour guide. Countless readers have turned to "Back to Basics" for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in "Back to Basics" will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers - even if you live in a flat in a city you will find your imagination sparked, and there's no reason why you can't, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (including homemade toys and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.
About the Author
Abigail R. Gehring is an editor and freelance writer in New York City, who grew up in Vermont. She spent most of her post-college existence as a dancer. She has made ends meet as a tattoo artist, "Cinderella," cater-waiter, swimming companion to an elderly man with Alzheimer's, and countless other eclectic positions. From childhood she has been fascinated with simple living, participating in barn-raisings, home canning, and enjoying countless hours of natural crafts.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Comprehensive isn't the word, there is literally everything you could possibly need to know to go self sufficient an excellent book.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really wanted to know how they did things in the past and to be able to recreate some of the ideas. this book skims a lot of the old traditions and does not go into much detail.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Am going to keep this short and sweet an excellent book with loads of info the only thing I don't like about it is the size - it's very long and not too high so it looks a bit odd on my bookcase with my other reads !
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