The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living
by Walter Szykitka
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Rural homesteaders and urban apartment-dwellers alike will find a mother lode of practical information packed into this completely revised and updated edition of the ultimate how-to handbook for all generations. A selective compendium of public-domain documents, it brings together in one volume a wealth of knowledge and useful instruction on just about every imaginable aspect of self-sufficiency--from building a dwelling and growing food to raising children, using tools of all kinds, and, show more yes, getting more mileage out of your car. Readers will learn how to: build a greenhouse; administer first aid; stock an emergency shelter; survive in the wilderness, at sea, and in the city; plant, buy farmland; grow plants indoors and out; read architect's drawings; care for household pets; repair clothing; hunt, trap, and fish; repair a screen or leaking faucet; butcher and store big-game kill; relieve allergy symptoms; control insects; stay safe during storms and floods; can and freeze fruits and vegetables; take your own blood pressure; and much, much more Praise for a previous edition: "How we have survived this long without this book], I don't know. The concept is brilliant and simple. . . . If we had lived in a rural community a century ago, much of the knowledge gathered here would have been in our bones."--Harper's show lessTags
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This book is a great compilation of hundreds of public domain sources of information. This is hours and hours of searching on the Internet done for you, printed, bound, and portable. It even works when the power is out.
This book covers First Aid, Survival, Health, Food and Nutrition, Farm and Home, Tools, and Construction.
The First Aid section is right up front, so emergencies start at page 1. The health section covers many common diseases. The food and nutrition has page after page of nutrition information for most any food I could think of. Farm and home covers a lot of gardening, sewing, and general maintenance issues. The Tools and Construction are a great starting point for DIY building.
All and all, a handy book to have laying show more around. This book is going to be the first place I 'search' for many topics. show less
This book covers First Aid, Survival, Health, Food and Nutrition, Farm and Home, Tools, and Construction.
The First Aid section is right up front, so emergencies start at page 1. The health section covers many common diseases. The food and nutrition has page after page of nutrition information for most any food I could think of. Farm and home covers a lot of gardening, sewing, and general maintenance issues. The Tools and Construction are a great starting point for DIY building.
All and all, a handy book to have laying show more around. This book is going to be the first place I 'search' for many topics. show less
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Walter Szykitka is the author of three reference books and a twelve-part series He lives in New York City, where he writes a monthly newsletter on international business trends
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- Canonical title
- The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living
- Original publication date
- 2004
- Dedication
- For my daughters, Anya and Kirsten, their husbands, Joel and Joshua, and the growing community of like-minded people striving, in ways large and small, to gain greater control of their lives.
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- Popularity
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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