I purchased the 1970 second edition of the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing and it became my bible of sugaring knowledge. Pdf loving and leaving the good life download full pdf. Loving and leaving the good life good life series by helen nearing. Jun 03, 2018 the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, with its treatment of the history and practice of maple sugaring, is our pick for this summers maple beach read.
Chelsea green is pleased to honor their example by publishing a new edition of the maple sugar book, complete with a new section of neverbeforepublished photos of the nearings working on the sugaring. Helen knothe nearing 19041995 and scott nearing 18831983 were well known american backtothelanders who wrote extensively about their experience living what they termed the good life philosophy. This was the era of total electric living, a phrase beamed into living rooms by general. Living the good life scott and helen nearing down east. The three books are the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing. I also thought you all might be interested in a book called the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing. The nearings lived on earnings from the maple syrup and sugar they produced, and. I still have and cherish that book, and the wisdom within. Scott 18831983 and helen 19041995 nearing are famous models of selfsufficient living and rural homesteading. Its extensively researched, interesting, surprisingly funny, and, in and of itself, a fascinating slice of history. All this is very interesting to me, though the book was in general disappointing. This particular collectors item is from a well caredfor collection of over 4,500 different titles that we are currently working on putting online for sale. If you want to read a very interesting account of homesteading, get their book living the good life. Helen and scott nearing s sixty years of selfsufficient living.
In the maple sugar book, helen and scott nearing warn that tapping may damage trees that measure less than 12 inches in diameter two feet above the ground. Mar 01, 2000 the nearings food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. A friend lent me the onevolume edition of helen and scott nearings the good life and continuing the good life a few months ago, and since that time i have worked on it in leaps and starts. Nicely illustrated with unique drawings from the sugar bush. The maple sugar book, which she wrote with her husband and. Helen and scott nearings sixty years of selfsufficient living, chronicles their path. Helen knothe was the daughter of frank knothe, who had a clothing business in new jersey. Fifty years after its original publication in 1950, the maple sugar book is as. Scott nearing was one of the great social critics and humanitarians of the 20th century. The property has now become the headquarters of a nonprofit promoting the good life, i. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. And yet, helen and scott nearing were on a totally different path, having left the city for.
Loving and leaving the good life by helen nearing books on. The nearings food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. Together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth century by scott nearing. The maple sugar book by helen nearing, 97818902637, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Helen nearing, a founder of the modern backtotheland movement, believed there were more important and interesting things to do than to cook. A homesteaders personal collection, loving and leaving the good life, simple food for the good life, and coauthor with scott nearing of the maple sugar book.
About 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 maple sugar book by scott nearing, helen nearing alibris. In 1932, at the height of the great depression, helen and scott nearing moved from their small apartment in new york city to a dilapidated farmhouse on 65 acres in vermont. The maple sugar book, together with remarks on pioneering as a. By maple industry standards at the time, the nearings maple. Helen is the author of wise words for the good life. Its been really cold and maple producers are gearing up and will do their best to provide wonderful maple sugar production. Mar 01, 2000 helen is the author of wise words for the good life. Nearings grandfather, winfield scott nearing, had arrived in tioga county with. A halfcentury ago, the world was trying to heal the wounds of global war.
When the maple sugar book came out in 1950, it was hailed as the best treatise ever written on the maple industry george stufflebeam, 1949 president of the vermont sugarmakers association, and was the only compendium of sugaring lore, science and. New record set for our modest maple syrup operation. Scott nearing died in 1983 at the age of 100, and helen nearing in 1995 at 91s. A good life center book by scott nearing and helen nearing 2000, paperback, anniversary at the best online prices at ebay. It has a lot of very interesting history regarding maple sugaring and also explains all aspects of the craft from tapping to boiling down and even marketing the product if one so chooses. Helen and scott nearings final homestead in harborside, maine, has been established in perpetuity as an educational progam under the name of the good life center. Together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth centu. I havent read their maple sugar book, but i was bowled over when, at age 25, i read the nearings other books, particularly the good life and loving and leaving the good life. Helen nearing the nearings food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life.
Helen knothe nearing in notable american women, a biographical dictionary. Helen knothe nearing february 23, 1904 september 17, 1995 was an american author. Together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in. Find the maple sugar book by nearing, helen and scott at biblio.
Scott nearing and helen knothe nearing met briefly in 1921, then again in 1928, and they were together from that time on, only marrying in 1947 when scotts first wife, nellie seeds, from whom he was separated, died. Helen knothe nearing was one of the great people of the 20th century. The nearings lived on earnings from the maple syrup and sugar they produced, and proceeds from scotts lectures. Discover book depositorys huge selection of helen nearing books. She and scott nearing started a relationship in 1928 and married nearly 20 years later, on december 12, 1947. In 1970, schocken reprinted the nearings maple sugar book and living the good life. Simple food for the good life was more of an anticookbook, really. Buy the maple sugar book by scott nearing, helen nearing online at alibris. The maple sugar book, being a plain, practical account of the. In an age of microchips and software that are obsolete before you can install them, maple sugaring is a process thats stood the test of time. The maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, with its treatment of the history and practice of maple sugaring, is our pick for this summers maple beach read.
A worthwhile edition for the bibliophile, nearing scholar, and maple sugar producer. Jan 01, 1970 helen knothe nearing was an american author and advocate of simple living. Helen and scott nearing are delegates from vermont, who are vegans and own a large estate on which they produce maple sugar, syrup, and have with their own hands built their home and guest houses. Scott was a trained economist and former college professor he had lost his position due to his anarchist and pacifist beliefs, and his antiwar activism during world war i. At first, the book, which told of the couples adventures into. A beach read for sugaring folk vermont evaporator company. This book is filled with a history of sugaring from native american to modern times, with practical tips on how to sap trees, process sap, and market syrup. Nearing, helen 19041995american author and pioneer of simple living who is.
The maple sugar book, being a plain, practical account of. People were rushing to make up for lost time, grasping for material wealth. Helen and scott nearing, authors of living the good life and many other bestselling books, lived together for 53 years until scotts death at age 100. Making syrup from pacific northwest trees mother earth. We did, however, discover two things without the help of the book in the hills of vermont. Written by helen and scott nearing, although it was primarily researched and written by helen, tells the story of how one couple in the 1940s left the city for the vermont woods, took up a simple homesteaders life and learned the ways of living with the seasons, including maple sugaring in the springtime and sustainable. The good life of helen k nearing new books in politics. Most maple syrup continued to be turned into sugar by frugal farm families for use as a homely sweetener, with any surplus bringing in a small amount of cash. How to make maple sugar explains how to use maple syrup to make an easy substitute for expensive storebought maple sugar. They earned money by producing maple syrup and sugar from the trees on she and scott nearing started a relationship in 1928 and married nearly 20 years later, on december 12, 1947. Helen nearing 1920searly 30s helen knothe nearing february 23, 1904 september 17, 1995 was an american author and advocate of simple living. I had read somewhere that horse chow was a favorite food of the nearings. Loving and leaving the good life is helens testimonial to their life together and to what they stood for. The maple sugar book, being a plain, practical account of the art of sugaring designed to promote an acquaintance with the ancient as well as the modern practise, together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth century by nearing, helen.
In it, helen nearing recommended eating raw food, including potatoes, and cooking as little as possible. Fifty years after its original publication in 1950, the maple sugar book is as relevant as ever to the homestead or smallscale commercial practitioner. Making syrup from pacific northwest trees mother earth news. The maple sugar book by helen nearing chelsea green. Its helen and scott nearings, the maple sugar story, which im glad to see listed on mother. Schocken had long been a publisher of jewishinterest titles, but in the 60s, under the direction of its founders daughter, eva schocken, the house put out books on timely social issues, including womens liberation and ecology. Loving and leaving the good life is helen s testimonial to their life together and to what they stood for. Nearing was best known for the 1954 book livng the good life, which he coauthored with his wife, helen. Despite his dedication to the good life, scott was a radical economist, educator, writer, and political activist, and may be best known for his book, the making of a radical. Scott nearing august 6, 1883 august 24, 1983 was an american radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, pacifist, and advocate of simple living. Nov 12, 2019 if you want to really learn about maple from the sugar bush to the container, get helen and scott nearings book the maple sugar book. Helen nearing and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The content of this book the story of how helen and scott nearing lived self sufficiently.
From their famous good life series maple sugaring was an important source of cash for the nearings, as it continues to be for many new england farmers today. The maple sugar book, which she wrote with her husband and which was published by schocken in 1950, told not. The maple sugar book by scott nearing, helen nearing read. Pacifists and vegetarians, the nearings lived a life to match their beliefs. The three books are the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, published in 1950, maple sugarin in vermont. Reprint of the good life 1954 and continuing the good life 1979.
They left new york city in 1932 to live in rural southern vermont, where they homesteaded and ran a maplesugaring business for. The conscience of a radical 1965, by scott nearing the maple sugar book 1972, by helen and scott nearing the making of a radical. Nearing s grandfather, winfield scott nearing, had arrived in tioga county with his family in 1864, at the age of 35, when he accepted a job as a civil and mining engineer. Maple sugarmaking, as an endeavor, has not suffered from a lack of literary coverage. The good life by scott nearing, helen nearing, paperback. This was the era of total electric living, a phrase beamed into. A short history by betty ann lockhart, published in 2008, and sweet maple. She grew up in an economically comfortable family of theosophists. My primary objective in getting the book was to find out about scott nearings horse chow.
Very close to fine and bright in like illustrate dustjacket with clean text throughout. The maple sugar book by helen nearing chelsea green publishing. For over 20 years, they created organic gardens, handcrafted stone buildings, and practiced living simply on the land. This was the era of total electric living, a phrase beamed into living rooms by general electric spokesman ronald reagan. Helens husband was remarkable too, but got most of the publicity. So the recipes in the book are more downtoearth and simple than probably any other recipe book youve ever seen. Latest conditions will be given for many of the sites below and conditions vary from area to area. The maple sugar book helen nearing,scott nearing 20000301 nature. By the way, theres a good book for any of you folks who do want to learn the maple syrup business. Helen and scott nearing were on a totally different path, having left the city for the country, eschewing materialistic society in a quest for the selfsufficiency they deemed the good life.
Helen and scott nearing s sixty years of selfsufficient living, chronicles their path. If you make syrup, chances are you already own helen and scott nearings the maple sugar book, which is a remarkably thorough, albeit a bit dated, look at the history and process. Nearing was born in morris run, tioga county, pennsylvania, the heart of the states coal country. You probably also own the scientific north american maple syrup producers manual this ones the kind of book you consult. The content of this book the story of how helen and scott nearing lived selfsufficiently. The blurb on the back of the book advertises it very well, and explains why i was willing to take the book home. This was back in the days of y2k concerns, when i recall that i actually collected dandelion seeds of all edible things to save for the coming. Mar 01, 2000 buy the paperback book the maple sugar book.
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