{"product_id":"back-to-basics-abigail-gehring-9781602392335","title":"Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills","description":"Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--the kind employed by our forefathers--and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to \u003ci\u003eBack to Basics\u003c\/i\u003e for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in \u003ci\u003eBack to Basics\u003c\/i\u003e will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead. More than just practical advice, this is also a book for dreamers--even if you live in a city apartment you will find your imagination sparked, and there's no reason why you can't, for example, make a loom and weave a rag rug. Complete with tips for old-fashioned fun (square dancing calls, homemade toys, and kayaking tips), this may be the most thorough book on voluntary simplicity available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abigail Gehring\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1602392331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602392335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 10.74w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2008 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 285","brand":"Abigail Gehring","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44053611053311,"sku":"9781602392335","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8965aa7d-c113-4098-9f6f-ac384496e6f8.jpg?v=1685025261","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/back-to-basics-abigail-gehring-9781602392335","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}