The Making of a Radical (Signed) (First Printing) A Political Autobiography

Nearing, Scott

ISBN 10: 0060902515 / ISBN 13: 9780060902513

Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY, 1971

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5 X 1 X 8 inches; 308 pages; signed by author on the half-title page. Notes from previous owner on the inside of the rear cover. Light creasing on spine. Dog-earing on the top corner of a couple of pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of a Radical (Signed) (First Printing) A Political Autobiography
• Publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060902515
• ISBN 13: 9780060902513
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Good+
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Scott Nearing lived one hundred years, from 1883 to 1983 a life spanning most of the twentieth century. In his early years, Nearing made his name as a formidable opponent of child labor and military imperialism. Having been fired from university jobs for his independence of mind, Nearing became a freelance lecturer and writer, traveling widely through Depression-era and post-war America to speak with eager audiences. Five-time Socialist candidate for president Eugene V. Debs said, "Scott Nearing! He is the greatest teacher in the United States."
Concluding that it would be better to be poor in the country than in New York City, Scott and Helen Nearing moved north to Vermont in 1932 and commenced the experiment in self-reliant living that would extend their fame far and wide. They began to grow most of their own food, and devised their famous scheme for allocating the day's hours: one third for "bread work" (livelihood), one third for "head work" (intellectual endeavors), and one third for "service to the world community." Scott (who'd grown up partly on his grandfather's Pennsylvania farm) taught Helen (who was raised in suburbia, groomed for a career as a classical violinist) the practical skills they would need: working with tools, cultivating a garden and managing a woodlot, and building stone and masonry walls.
For the rest of their lives, the Nearings chronicled in detail their "good life," first in Vermont and ultimately on the coast of Maine, in a group of wonderful books many of which are now being returned to print by Chelsea Green in cooperation with the Good Life Center, an educational trust established at the Nearings' Forest Farm in Harborside, Maine, to promote their ongoing legacy.
With a new foreword by activist historian Staughton Lynd, The Making of a Radical is freshly republished-Scott Nearing's own story, told as only he could tell it.

About the Author

Scott Nearing was one of the great social critics and humanitarians of the 20th century. Known throughout the world as the progenitors of the "back to the land" movement, the Nearings combined pragmatism and vision to create a blend now being celebrated by new generations of readers.