The Survival Handbook: Self-Sufficiency For Everyone
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In an age of increasing uncertainty, The Survival Handbook: Self-Sufficiency for Everyone presents a comprehensive and practical guide to reclaiming independence from the systems of modern life. Michael Allaby, alongside contributors Maurice Hanbury Tenison, John Seymour, and others, instructs readers across a sweeping range of essential skills — from animal husbandry and crop cultivation to food preservation, spinning, and beekeeping — all illustrated with clarity and purpose. The handbook argues that true self-sufficiency is not a distant rural dream but an achievable reality for anyone willing to learn the foundational crafts of sustainable living. Rooted in the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s, this guide sits at the intersection of practical manual and cultural manifesto, reflecting a generation's desire to reconnect with the land and reduce dependence on industrial supply chains. Allaby's authoritative yet accessible prose makes complex agricultural and domestic processes approachable for the complete novice, while still offering depth for those with existing knowledge. Whether you dream of a smallholding or simply wish to grow your own food, this handbook chronicles a way of life that feels, in today's world, more urgent than ever.
Author: Michael Allaby
Format: Paperback
Genre: Lifestyle
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In an age of increasing uncertainty, The Survival Handbook: Self-Sufficiency for Everyone presents a comprehensive and practical guide to reclaiming independence from the systems of modern life. Michael Allaby, alongside contributors Maurice Hanbury Tenison, John Seymour, and others, instructs readers across a sweeping range of essential skills — from animal husbandry and crop cultivation to food preservation, spinning, and beekeeping — all illustrated with clarity and purpose. The handbook argues that true self-sufficiency is not a distant rural dream but an achievable reality for anyone willing to learn the foundational crafts of sustainable living. Rooted in the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s, this guide sits at the intersection of practical manual and cultural manifesto, reflecting a generation's desire to reconnect with the land and reduce dependence on industrial supply chains. Allaby's authoritative yet accessible prose makes complex agricultural and domestic processes approachable for the complete novice, while still offering depth for those with existing knowledge. Whether you dream of a smallholding or simply wish to grow your own food, this handbook chronicles a way of life that feels, in today's world, more urgent than ever.