Has anyone here ever read the "Have-More Plan" which helped ignite an interest in self-sufficiency in post-WWII America? If so , what was your opinion? They added to the work done by Scott and Helen Nearing, but with a family twist and a note of practicality.
No, but after looking it up it sounds interesting. Yvonne would probably find it a really good read but only in paperback at 9 bucks from Amazon. The 1973 illustrated hard cover print goes for $901.00 !!
I did as a young adult. Who was the single lady that was an early homesteader in Alaska and did it all on her own? My dad loved her writings and that is why as a 10-year old I spend 3 months traveling the remote areas of Alaska with my folks. He wanted to sell the ranch and homestead in Alaska. My mom said no so it never happened. I considered it in the 1970s but it was too remote and cold. Besides, I loved beach volleyball and windsurfing and there wasn't much of that going on in Alaska.
I don't recall any single ladies writing about homesteading, but there were the Trapline Twins, who were identical twin sisters who roamed the wilderness of the Interior. We met them in 1993 or 1994, and they were idols of my twin daughters for a long time. There was also the "Wilderness Daughter", whose book I bought for our daughters, but she was so dumb and naïve about the wilderness (despite spending time with her parents in the Alaska wilderness) that her writing s were definitely NOT to be followed--she should have died many times over. She later brought her son and husband back, and wrote a book about the year they spent here, and PBS made a movie about them.
No haven't read the book but have read other books on the topic. I bet it is interesting but if the price was posted correctly there is no way I'd spend that for a book.
The lady I am thinking about wrote articles and a book back in the 1950s. Have you ever read about Sylvan Hart known as Buckskin Bill? I knew him and corresponded with him until he died. He always wrote his letters with a homemade quill pen and homemade green ink. Some guy wrote a book about him called, "The Last of the Mountain Men." I still have that book. I was into wilderness survival back in those days and got a lot of interesting ideas from his letters. Last of the Mountain Men: Peterson, Harold: 9780960356669: Amazon.com: Books