The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living, 2nd Advice and Information on Just About Everything You Need to Know to Live on Planet Earth

by Szykitka, Walter

• ISBN13: 9781599215662
• ISBN10: 1599215667
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-14
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

Rural homesteaders and urban apartment-dwellers alike will find a mother lode of practical information packed into this completely revised and updated edition of the ultimate how-to handbook for all generations. A selective compendium of public-domain documents, it brings together in one volume a wealth of knowledge and useful instruction on just about every imaginable aspect of self- sufficiency - from building a dwelling and growing food to raising children, using tools of all kinds, and, yes, getting more mileage out of your car. Readers will learn how to: build a greenhouse; administer first aid; stock an emergency shelter; survive in the wilderness, at sea, and in the city; plant, buy farmland; grow plants indoors and out; read architect's drawings; care for household pets; repair clothing; hunt, trap, and fish; repair a screen or leaking faucet; butcher and store big- game kill; relieve allergy symptoms; control insects; stay safe during storms and floods; can and freeze fruits and vegetables; take your own blood pressure; and much, much more!

Author Biography

Walter Szykitka authored the popular original edition of The Big Book of Self-Reliant Living in 1974 under the title Public Works. He is also the editor of two other how-to reference books. He lives in New York City.