Continuing the Good Life: Half a Century of Homesteading by Nearing, Helen and Scott - 1979

New York: Schoken Books, 1979. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: Schoken Books, 1979. Stated First Edition . Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition (and first printing with full number line) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Very clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with 18 photographs. 194 pages with index. Clean jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The Nearings began their story and message of an alternative life style in the book "Living the Good Life". Here they continue their story with practical knowledge of 50 years of experience. This book covers the 25 years since 1952, during which time they have been homesteading in Maine. Here are the details of growing and storing one's own food, of retoring the soil by the use of compost, of wire fences versus stone walls, and raising a cash crop..