How to Live in the Woods on Pennies a Day

by Bradford Angier

Book Overview

Bradford Angier did it, and now shows how anyone--even today--can find free or cheap land, build a home, find food, preserve it, keep warm, find employment, and even get a mail-order education out... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811720098
• ISBN13: 9780811720090
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Pennies Then but Dollars Today!

A great overview of how to live frugally in the north woods. North woods covers Alaska and Canada. A lot of the principles in this book are no longer applicable (i.e. homesteading). The bottom line is, don't let the title get you all excited thinking you are going to go live in the woods with that jar of change sitting next to your bed! However, the principles and guidelines in this book can still be helpful in planning a life in the wilderness for good or for a short while. Your initial investment today to undertake this, legally, anywhere in the U.S. would undoubtedly be costing you dollars, not pennies, a day for years to come. I still gave this book 5 stars because again the principles and mind set are there for that individual who could use this knowledge to his or her benefit. Chapter Titles: Why Not Take to the Woods?; The Tough Job of Getting Started; Alaska's Adventure Lands; Elbow Room in Canada; Beckoning British Columbia; The Golden Yukon; Peace and Solitude in the Northwest Territories; Colorful Ontario; More Pennies a Day Country; Keeping Your Cache Filled the Year Around; Free Wild Vegetables & Fruits; Building Your Own Log Cabin; Heading Away from it All. As of today, if you buy the cheapest book available $3.22 + $3.99 S & H = $7.21 which means you are already up to $0.02 a day for the first year! LOL