Possum Living : : how to Live Well Without a job and With (Almost) no Money

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Call Number: 646.7 Fr, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Home & Garden / Sustainable Living / Freed, Dolly
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Introduction by Novella Carpenter -- An introduction to possum living -- We quit the rat race -- The cost of living -- Income -- We rassle with our consciences -- Meat -- Fish -- Gardening -- Grain -- Groceries -- Preserving food -- Nutrition -- The "necessities of life" -- Housing -- Heating -- Electricity -- Clothing -- Transportation -- Law -- Health and medicine -- Daily living -- Afterword -- Nine more years of tried and true lessons.
"In the late seventies, at the age of eighteen and with a seventh-grade education, Dolly Freed wrote Possum Living, about the five years she and her father lived off the land on a half-acre lot outside of Philadelphia. At the time of its publication in 1978, Possum Living became an instant classic, known for its plucky narration and no-nonsense practical advice on how to quit the rat race and live frugally. In her delightful, straightforward, and irreverent style, Freed guides readers on how to buy and maintain a home, dress well, cope with the law, stay healthy, save money, and be lazy, proud, miserly, and honest, all while enjoying leisure and keeping up a middle-class façade. Thirty years later, Freed's philosophy is world-renowned and Possum Living remains as fascinating, inspirational, and pertinent as it was upon its original publication. This updated edition includes new reflections, insights, and life lessons from an older and wiser Dolly Freed, whose knowledge of how to live like a possum has given her financial security and the confidence to try new ventures."-- Amazon.com.

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