Carrying Water As a Way of Life : A Homesteader's History

Tatelbaum, Linda

ISBN 10: 0965442802 / ISBN 13: 9780965442800

Published by About Time Press, Appleton, ME, U.S.A., 1997

About this Item

Appleton: About Time, 1997. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Trade paperback, 114 pp. When Linda Tatelbaum and her husband headed "back-to-the-land" in 1977 to build a solar house and raise their food in Maine, the found the simple life more complex than they ever imagined. A chronicle of keeping faith with nature, these lyrical, wry, and festy essays celebrate human effort while mourning the loss o wilderness and community. New, signed/inscribed by author on title page, publisher's reviews and order card from publisher laid in.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carrying Water As a Way of Life : A Homesteader's History
• Publisher: About Time Press, Appleton, ME, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965442802
• ISBN 13: 9780965442800
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Van Dusen, Chris (illustrator)
• Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rare Modern First Editions
  • New England
  • Gardens, Gardening, Horticulture

About this title

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 the Author

Linda Tatelbaum was born in 1947 in Rochester, New York, and earned her B.A., M.A., and PhD. from Cornell University. She lives "way back in" with her husband and son, in the solar home they built in midcoast Maine. They raise vegetables, fruits, rabbits, and flowers, put by a year's food supply, heat with wood, maintain a composting toilet, and generate their own electricity. Linda is an Associate Professor of English at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Says Linda, "Nothing is ever simple, least of all simplicity."