| The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living gives advice and information on just about everything you need to know to live on Planet Earth! Edited and compiled by Walter Szykitka.
Rural homesteaders and urban apartment dwellers alike will find a mother lode of practical information in The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living. This selective compendium of public-domain documents, many of them no longer available today, provides in one single volume a wealth of knowledge and useful instruction on just about every aspect of self-sufficiency, from building a living structure and growing food to staying healthy and using tools of all kinds.
More than 600 pages of pamphlets, documents, and articles are reproduced here in facsimile, making this a true cornucopia of practical advice.
Learn how to:
- Build a greenhouse
- Administer first aid
- Stock a shelter in case of nuclear attack
- Build a stone wall
- Survive in the wilderness, at sea, and in the city
- Plant, prune, and propagate trees and shrubs
- Read architect's drawings
- Care for your pets
- Keep bees and harvest honey
- Remove stains and prevent mildew
- Weave fabric and repair clothing
- Hunt, trap, and fish
- Repair a screen or leaking faucet
- Relieve allergy symptoms
- Build a wood-frame, brick, adobe, or log house
- Stay safe during storms and floods
- Can, freeze, and dry your garden produce
- Control high blood pressure
- Cut metal and stone
- and much, much more!
Edited and compiled by Walter Szykitka, Paperback , 672 pages, Measures: 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.6 inches, Back and White illustrations throughout.
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