The Good Life: Helen & Scott Nearing's Sixty Years of Self-sufficient Living. This couple abandoned the city for a rural life with minimal cash and the knowledge of self reliance and good health. The Good Life is about a twentieth-century pioneering venture in a New England community, derived from twenty years of living in the backwoods of Vermont. This book aims to present a technical, economic, sociological, and psychological report on what the Nearings tried to do, how they did it, and how well or ill they succeeded in achieving their purposes. They were the great-grandparents of the back-to-the-land movement, having abandoned the city in 1932 for a rural life based on self-reliance, good health, and a minimum of cash. This new edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good life brings together in one volume the Nearings' classic guides to the theory and practice of rural homesteading. 411 pages, softcover, with B&W photos. 8" x 5". We offer free shipping on all orders over $19.94. Orders under $19.95 will have a $2.50 handling fee added. To order by phone call Toll-Free: 1 - 866 - 596 - 9982.