Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills - Couverture rigide

 
9781602392335: Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills
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ISBN 10 : 1602392331 ISBN 13 : 9781602392335
Editeur : Skyhorse, 2008

Synopsis

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-color 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 city apartment 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 (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.

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À propos de l?auteur

Abigail R. Gehring is the author or editor of more than a dozen books including Back to Basics, Homesteading, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living, and Classic Candy. She enjoys writing, gardening, experimenting in the kitchen, and spending time with family. She lives with her husband and two children in an 1800s farmstead they are restoring in Marlboro, Vermont.

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Éditeur
Skyhorse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1602392331
ISBN 13 
9781602392335
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
456
Éditeur
Gehring Abigail
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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