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This is the key reference to living off the land. Packed with practical information, tried-and-tested tips, Seymour's visionary handbook explains how to reap the harvest, respect the land, stay healthy and waste nothing.

The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It teaches all the skills needed to live independently, harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more.

This new expanded edition includes 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section in which Seymour, the father of the back-to-basics movement, explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and create communities. More relevant than ever in our high-tech world, The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.