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New York: Random House, 1964. The true story of the remarkable adventures of an American family who moved to Alaska and lived like pioneers. Wayne Short tells not only the exciting story of how his family learned to cope with life in one of the wildest and most remote areas in America, but also how, working together, they came to love it and accept it as a home they would never leave. Illustrated with 18 drawings by Peter Parnall. A tight clean copy in a price-clipped illustrated dust jacket.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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The Cheechakoes
by Short, Wayne. Illustrated By Peter Parnell
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Complete Guide To Building Log Homes
by Burch, Monte. Drawings By Richard J. Meyer and Lloyd Birmingham
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New York: Popular Science / Outdoor Life Books, 1984. This all-inclusive guide shows you how to build with logs.... whether your goal is a modest cabin or a grand multi-gabled manor and whether you intend to fell your own trees or assemble numbered logs from kits. For the do-it-yourself tasks, the author takes you step-by-step through the options of each phase of construction, all the way to interior finishing. Here you'll find the latest on foundations, log joinery, insulation, weatherseals, preservatives, roofing and alternate energy. 840 illustrations, 400 of them labeled drawings of exceptional clarity and quality. The contents are put forth in six parts offering twenty-seven chapters, appendix and index. A bright, square extremely clean book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket. A Nice Copy!. ISBN: 0-943822-27-0. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Technology + Construction + Carpentry + Log Cabins + Design & Construction + House Plans + Amateur's Manuals. Catalogs:…
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Countryman's Journal
by Derleth, August. Woodcuts By Grisha Dotzenko
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. Illustrated with woodcuts by Grisha Dotzenko. This book is a narrative of the quintessential small town of America - its human comedy and tragedy, its intimate partnership with the country side, its enduring yet ever changing ways, friends, neighbors, fellow villagers with their foibles and quirks... In the background, yet irrevocably linked with life in the village is nature - the changing season, the land. the birds, animals and plants - carefully observed in its simplicity and profundity. August Derleth is one of America's best-loved and best known regional writers. He has returned again and again for his themes to the Wisconsin prairie region where he was born. Illustrated price-clipped wrap-around dust jacket. An attractive clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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First Person Rural . Essays of a Sometime Farmer
by Perrin, Noel
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Boston: David R. Godine Publishers, 1979. Illustrated by Stephen Harvard. The essays are all concerned with country-ish things, and range from intensely practical to mildly literary. Transplanted from New York and now a Real Life Vermont Farmer, Noel Perrin candidly admits to hilarious early mistakes (In Search of The Perfect Fence Post), while presenting down-to-earth advice on such rural necessities as 'Sugaring On $15 A Year,' 'Raising Sheep,' 'Making Butter in The Kitchen,' This is a delightful book and twelve marvelous vignettes by Stephen Harvard accompany the text. Small damage area to top of spine. A clean bright book in a price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition,Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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A Good House. Building A Life On The Land
by Manning, Richard
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New York: Grove Press, 1993. Richard Manning set out to build an aesthetically pleasing and environmentally conscious house on a thirty-eight acre piece of land in the wilds of Western Montana. Combining the best qualities of Edward Abbey and Tracy Kidder, Manning entertains and informs in this affirmative book that not only points out a new aesthetic in house-building but also shows how we can build a better life and help protect our endangered world. An illustrated section provided...plates in color and some in b/w. Green boards. No ownership markings. One corner of front board shows mild bruising. Dust jacket design and illustration by Wendell Minor. Remainder mark to top edge of book. A lovely, clean copy and a fine read.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Island Sojourn
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New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. (1980) Book VG+ in a VG- Dust Jacket. Author's first book. Inspired by a distaste for the materialism of city living and a faith in the idea of wilderness, in 1974 Liz Arthur and her husband, went to live on an island in a remote Canadian Lake. The Island lies in the Western part of Stuart Lake, B.C. " Island Sojourn", is their story as Liz remembers it. Grey boards with natural coloured cloth spine - black title print to spine. Green endpapers - no name or gift inscription. A full pictorial wrap-around dust jacket designed by JohnAlcorn ( Signed Dust Jacket). Book shows a hint of a slant. A good read for anyone contemplating wilderness living.. ISBN: 0-06-010156-3. First Edition. Country Living Canadiana Stuart Lake-British Columbia Frontier and Pioneer Life Non-Fiction ISBN 0-06-010156-3 Wilderness Living. Catalogs: Country Living/Homesteading.
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It All Began With Daisy
by Jones, Sonia
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New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987. A delightful true story of one couple's move from the city to the country and their unexpected multimillion-dollar success..the Peninsula Farm Yogurt. Sonia and Gordon Jones decided they'd had enough of the rat race of New York City, that it was time for them to try country living. They purchased a twenty-five acre seaside farm in Nova Scotia and with perserverance, dedication, creativity, humor and some luck, this energetic couple has overcome countless obstacles... An inspiring, funny, and heartwarming read! Lilac-color boards with grey cloth spine. Bookplate to fep and name to prelim. Jacket painting by Karen Baumann. Jacket price-clipped. A wonderfully clean copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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Living Up Country. A Pilgrim's Progress
by Mitchell, Don
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New Hampshire: Yankee Publishing Inc., 1987. Photo Dust Jacket. More hilarious adventures and misadventures on that hillside farm in Vermont from the author of "Moving Up Country". Gift inscription on ffep. A nice copy.. First Edition,Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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New England And Its Neighbors. ( American Highways And Byways)
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New York: The MacMillan Company. MCMII (1902) 335 pp plus book ads. Book VG. Written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson, this book is primarily a study of the rural aspects of national life. In part, the author's introductory note reads ; " Wherever I go the characteristic and picturesque phases of the rural farm environment always appeal strongly to me, and in what I have written I have tried to convey to others the same interest I have felt, and at the same time have endeavored to give a clear and truthful impression of the reality." The text is profusely illustrated with the author's b/w photographs. The contents offer fourteen chapters - a sampling - "Midwinter in Valley Forge," "In The Adirondacks," " A Jaunt on Long Island," " Down In Maine," ' Dwellers Among The Catskills," and " Cape Cod Folks," etc. Decorated front endpapers - small bookplate on fep. Front hinge started. Mild separation occurs in a numbers of places…
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A Place In The Country. A Narrative on the Imperfect Art of Homesteading and the Value of Ignorance
by Matson, Peter H
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New York: Random House, 1977. The author begins " A few years ago I thought I'd find a place to live removed from the influences of the city, a simple place to be with my children on weekends, where vegetables would grow and water came out of a well. Like many before me, I soon discovered that what I wanted was a house like none I had seen, and that to realize it I would have to build it myself....".This book is a personal testament and a search for values. There are unforgettable scenes, describing both disasters and triumphs with a running dialogue with Thoreau, to whose Walden the author returns with a newly critical eye. The endpapers show " A New England Barn Frame circa 1766, modified 1976". Previous owner's name on fly leaf. Jacket drawing by Mark Livingston.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Silton Seasons. From The Diary of A Countryman
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Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1975. Frontispiece is a full-page b/w drawing by R.D. Symons. In the timeless spirit of Thoreau's 'Walden', R.D. Symons has written a loving account of the virtues of a life spent close to the soil and a provocative commentary on the advantages of modern urban society. Symonds retired to Silton, Saskachewan to draw and write about the land he loved so dearly. Each chapter is full of short essays on varied subjects. This author spent more than fifty years as a trapper, cowboy, game warden, and rancher. Price-intact author-illustrated dust jacket. A most respectable copy.. ISBN: 0-385-07529-4. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Country Living + Silton Saskachewan + Canadiana + Western Canada + Ranching + Short Essays + North American Indians + Memoirs + Game Warden + R D Symons Diary + Non-Fiction.
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We Took To The Woods
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New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1942. A true story of a Maine Family Robinson. Louise and her husband Ralph have a cabin in the heart of the Rangeley Lake Region of Maine. There is nothing at all on the hills but forest, and nobody lives there but deer and bear and wildcats. The lakes come down from the north like a gigantic staitcase to the sea. This is the background for Mrs. Rich's unique and enchanting story. Twenty illustrations from photographs accompany text. Decorated beige linen boards, brown title print to spine. Map endpapers. Name to prelim. Dust jacket does not carry a price. The date given is that of the copyright date. A clean, tight copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.
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