Carrying Water as a Way of Life: A Homesteader's History - Softcover

Linda Tatelbaum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965442802 ISBN 13: 9780965442800

Publisher: About Time Press, 1997

Synopsis

When Linda Tatelbaum and her husband headed "back-to-the-land" in 1977 to build a solar house and raise their food in Maine, they found the simple life more complex than they ever imagined. With ingenuity, grit, and flexibility, they balanced their idealistic values with the pragmatic demands of adult life. Through two decades of witnessing rural towns vanishing under pressure from development, Linda's eloquent voice has defended the land, insisting it is not a commodity. A chronicle of keeping faith with nature, these lyrical, wry, and feisty essays celebrate human effort while mourning the loss of wilderness and community.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Linda Tatelbaum and Kal Winer, two modern-day "back to the land" survivors, think there's a place for small-scale publication of quality writing and design for readers who love a good book. "Carrying Water as a Way of Life," their first title, describes a do-it-yourself, small-scale life in Maine, a fitting debut.

From the Author:

For five years, publishers gave this book a "rave rejection," saying there was no market for a book about "a couple of aging homesteaders." I knew they were wrong. People really do want to read about making choices and living with the consequences of those choices. They also want to laugh at themselves and scream at the world's foibles. "Carrying Water a Way of Life" moves from idealism to pragmatism, from the lyrical to the ironic.

About this edition

• Publisher: About Time Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0965442802
• ISBN 13: 9780965442800
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128