Wise Words for the Good Life: A Homesteader's Personal Collection (Good Life Series) - Nearing, Helen

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Wise Words for the Good Life: A Homesteader's Personal Collection (Good Life Series) by Nearing, Helen Format: Trade PaperbackPublished by Chelsea Green Publishing, 1999 Helen Near ing was a collector of words. As one of the leading twentieth-century practitioners of self-sufficient living, Helen Nearing found illumination and solace in the sayings of predecessors who had sought their own versions of "the good life." By grouping the wisdom of the ages into categories that are quirky yet eminently sensible, she brings to life the contemporary relevance of some of the most profound chroniclers of our rural heritage. Show more