This book is extremely concise – somehow they've managed to cram the basics of all the varied self-sufficiency topics into teeny little chapters (some topics take up just one page). The interesting thing about this quick read is how in addition to teaching you a thing or two it gets you to ask questions of yourself. These two jumped into homesteading head first in their early twenties (in the 1970s) with two small children (". . . in a tumbledown house in the middle of a field with no running water, no electricity, no mortgage . . . ") and had to learn everything the hard way, so they know the value of asking yourself some hard questions before proceeding with something that will change the way you live.

This is definitely a book I would recommend to someone who is just starting to think about self-sufficiency. ( )