Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 148 pages
- Published by: BookSurge Publishing January 10, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1419615939
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1419615931
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 4 ounces
New York Times Best Selling Author Ellen Tanner Marsh
"a sort of modern-day version of Thoreau's classic."(Walden)"Filled with wonderful photographs, and a fine,wry wit" "friendly, approachable.."
Kirkus Discoveries
"..a practical guidefascinating(Madison) writes with such folksy charm and comical practicality that you can't help but applaud him"
Reader Reviews
I enjoyed reading the book -- I even enjoyed the footnotes. I thought that the author had a nice writing style and was easy to read. I found the content interesting since it provided information on how to build a simple cabin from what one could harvest off the land. From this standpoint, this looks like a unique book, since it does not assume that you have lots of money to purchase everything from your local lumberyard. As someone who has some familiarity with tools, but not a lot, I also learned much from the description of the tools and products that went into the cabin. For example, I had not heard about paper and glue snake traps before nor did I know that you could shoot snakes with 22-shot shells. This is the type of practical and useful information that a city person like me would not know about, but would be extremely valuable in actually living off the land. I found the cabin to be an impressive accomplishment for a single person, but I also felt that I could actually build such a cabin using the descriptions in the book and the tools and products described.
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