Back to basics :  how to learn and enjoy traditional American skills. 

 - Pleasantville, N.Y. :  Reader's Digest Association,  �1981. 
 - 456 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  22 x 28 cm 
<br/><br/> At head of title: Reader's digest.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one: Land: Buying it-Building it on it -- Part two: Energy from wood, water, wind and sun -- Part three: Raising your own vegetables, fruit and livestock -- Part four: Enjoying you harvest the year round -- Part five: Skills and crafts for house and homestead -- Part six: Recreation at home and in the wild. 
<br/><br/> Uses the latest methods to teach crafts and old-fashioned domestic skills and contains projects ranging from planting a kitchen garden to building a hot tub. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0895770865 9780895770868 0895779390 9780895779397 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>80050373  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Home economics, Rural--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Food crops--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Power resources--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Do-it-yourself work--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Do-it-yourself work.<br/>Food crops.<br/>Home economics, Rural.<br/>Power resources.<br/>Energy resources--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--United States.<br/>Energy resources.<br/>Food.<br/>Home economics.<br/>Power resources--Handbooks, manuals, etc--United States.<br/>Home economics, Rural--Handbooks, manuals, etc--United States.<br/>Food crops--Handbooks, manuals, etc--United States.<br/>Do-it-yourself work--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Handbooks and manuals.<br/>Handbooks and manuals.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TX158  / .B29 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>640/.973