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The good life Helen and Scott Nearing's sixty years of self-sufficient living

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Main Author: Nearing, Helen
Other Authors: Nearing, Scott, 1883-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schocken Books, c1989.
Edition:1st Schocken Books ed.
Subjects:
Nearing, Helen.
Nearing, Scott, > 1883-
Country life > Vermont.
Country life > Maine > Harborside.
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Item Description:Reprint (1st work). Previously published: Living the good life. New York : Schocken Books, 1970.
Reprint (2nd work). Previously published: Continuing the good life. New York : Schocken Books, 1979.
Physical Description:411 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-400).
ISBN:0805209700 :
Author Notes:In 1932, SCOTT AND HELEN NEARING moved from New York City to rural New England. Over the next 60 years, the Nearings developed a system of living called "the good life," a Waldensian effort to be as self-sufficient and green as possible. They inspired others to do the same, and were involved in many social causes of their day. Despite his dedication to the good life, Scott was a radical economist, educator, writer, and political activist, and may be best known for his book, The Making of a Radical. The Nearings lived on earnings from the maple syrup and sugar they produced, and proceeds from Scott's lectures.

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