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Back to Basics

2/23/2023

 
Whether you like to explore skills from the past or you're preparing for an uncertain future, these books can give you guidance.
  • Back to Basics: Traditional Garden Wisdom, print
  • Survival Mom, Lisa Bedford, print
  • The Self-Sufficiency Handbook, Alan & Gill Bridgewater, print
  • Field Guide to Wilderness Survival, Tom Brown, print 
  • Advanced Bushcraft, Dave Canterbury, print
  • 50 Things to Do with a Penknife, Matt Collins, print
  • The Encyclopedia of Country Living, Carla Emery, print
  • Duct Tape Survival Gear, Rebecca Felix, print
  • The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery, print
  • The Essential Guide to Self-Sufficient Living, Abigail R. Gehring, print | ebook
  • Homesteading, Abigail R. Gehring, print | ebook
  • Outdoor Survival Guide, Randy Gerke, print
  • The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs, Tristan Gooley, print
  • Just in Case, Kathy Harrison, print
  • The Kaufmann Mercantile Guide, print
  • The Little Book of Cottagecore, Emily Kent, print
  • Knives Illustrated Magazine, print
  • Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook, Peggy Layton, print
  • Survivor Kid, Denise Long, print
  • Complete Wilderness Training Manual, Hugh McManners, print
  • The Total Outdoorsman Manual, T. Edward Nickens, print
  • The Prepper’s Cookbook, Tess Pennington, print
  • Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency, Chris Peterson, print | ebook
  • The Modern Homestead Garden, Gary Pilarchik, print
  • Homestead Survival, Marty Raney, print 
  • Hunt, Gather, Cook, Hank Shaw, print
  • The Disaster-Ready Home, Creek Stewart, print
  • The Forager’s Harvest, Samuel Thayer, print
  • 40 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead, David Toht, print | ebook
  • Survival!, Colin Towell, print
  • Spinning, Weaving & Dyeing, Penny Walsh, print
  • Preserving, Carol Wilson, print​
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    Booklists and reading suggestions from the team at Monroe Public Library.

    After each title, you'll find links to reserve these items on LINKcat and Wisconsin's Digital Library. In many cases, you can choose from print, large print, audio CD, and Playaway, or ebooks and eaudiobooks.

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