Helen Nearing
Helen Nearing left city life with her husband, Scott, nearly sixty years ago to move first to Vermont and then to their farm in Harborside, Maine. The Nearings' food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. Helen is the author of Wise Words for the Good Life: A Homesteader's Personal Collection , Loving and Leaving the Good Life , Simple Food for the Good Life , and co-author (with Scott Nearing) of The Maple Sugar Book.
Helen Nearing left city life with her husband, Scott, nearly sixty years ago to move first to Vermont and then to their farm in Harborside, Maine. The Nearings' food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. Helen is the author of Wise Words for the Good Life: A Homesteader's Personal Collection , Loving and Leaving the Good Life , Simple Food for the Good Life , and co-author (with Scott Nearing) of The Maple Sugar Book. See less
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Helen Nearing book reviews
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Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World
I Don't Read Korean Language Books
Interesting that I ordered a book I wanted very much to read...in English. And the description while shopping never mentioned it was the Korean version, not the cover either. When I place my order, ... Read More
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Simple Food for the Good Life: An Alternative Cookbook
Great Book, Highly informative
I truly enjoyed the journey of the Nearings so elegantly related in this book. Their inspiration to go green before the word was even coined is sorely needed by those who really want to live a ... Read More
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Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World
How to Live Off the Land
by Arne S, Jun 14, 2016
I learned about this book in the Last Whole Earth Catalog in the early 1970s, when I had just graduated from high school and wanted to pursue a simple life in the country. Helen and Scott Nearing ... Read More