In 1932, Helen and Scott Nearing moved from New York City to a farm in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Their purpose was to seek a simple life on the land, away from the stresses of the Depression and city life, LIVING THE GOOD LIFE, first published in 1954, presents a technical, economic, sociological and psychological report on how they fared. 
"A prophet account of the creation of a self-sufficient little Walden in rural Vermont that has been an underground bible for the city-weary." (Newsweek)

Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely in a Troubled World

Helen Nearing

Scott Nearing

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The author recounts her family's quest for the simple life which led them to New England and the maple sugar industry

The Maple Sugar Book

Science & Math

Technology

Schocken

Book by Helen Nearing, Scott Nearing

Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Schocken Books

The Good Life Album of Helen & Scott Nearing

Travel

Social Science Inst

1978: 2nd Printing - by Helen and Scott Nearing - 148 pages.

Building and Using Our Sun-Heated Greenhouse: Grow Vegetables All Year-Round

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Garden Way Publishing

"You can grow fresh vegetables for your table year round. even if you live in the coldest parts of the United States....very low initial cost...no fuel costs...year round food production...how to build it...how to operate it..."

Building and using our sun-heated greenhouse: Grow vegetables all year-round

Garden Way Pub.

A half-century ago, the world was trying to heal the wounds of global war. People were rushing to make up for lost time, grasping for material wealth. This was the era of "total electric living," a phrase beamed into living rooms by General Electric spokesman Ronald Reagan. Environmental awareness was barely a gleam in the eye of even Rachel Carson.And yet, Helen and Scott Nearing were on a totally different path, having left the city for the country, eschewing materialistic society in a quest for the self-sufficiency they deemed "the Good Life." Chelsea Green is pleased to honor their example by publishing a new edition of "The Maple Sugar Book," complete with a new section of never-before-published photos of the Nearings working on the sugaring operation, and an essay by Greg Joly relating the story behind the book and placing the Nearings' work in the context of their neighborhood and today's maple industry.Maple sugaring was an important source of cash for the Nearings, as it conti

The Maple Sugar Book, together with Remarks on Pioneering as a Way of Living in the Twentieth Century by Helen Nearing (1975-05-03)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking by Ingredient

Galahad Books

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Books by Helen Nearing