The maple sugar book has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. See all books authored by scott nearing, including the good life, and the maple sugar book. A beach read for sugaring folk vermont evaporator company. Find the maple sugar book by nearing, helen and scott at biblio. Helen and scott nearings sixty years of selfsufficient living. The maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing signed first. Cash was earned from producing maple syrup and maple sugar from the trees on their land and from scott nearings occasional paid lectures.
Search for library items search for lists search for. This section includes chapters on maintenance of the sugar bush, equipment for sugaring, sap and weather, making sugar, making syrup, and marketing. Maple sugar book, the food processing books cooking. A good life center book by scott nearing and helen nearing 2000, paperback, anniversary at the best online prices at ebay. The book closes with a section that describes some of the philosophy of the nearings homesteading project, especially those aspects related to maple sugaring. Making syrup from pacific northwest trees mother earth news. Aug 23, 2018 similarly, the 50th anniversary edition of the maple sugar book, published in 2000 includes an epilogue by greg joly that provides additional context and back story on how the maple sugar book came to be written in the first place and what became of the nearings maple operation after they left vermont for maine in 1952. Scott nearing was one of the great social critics and humanitarians of the 20th century. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter. Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species. Living the good life scott and helen nearing down east.
The nearings food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. If you want to read a very interesting account of homesteading, get their book living the good life. Making syrup from pacific northwest trees mother earth. A halfcentury ago, the world was trying to heal the wounds of. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Buy the maple sugar book by scott nearing, helen nearing online at alibris. Apr 29, 2008 author of living the good life, civilization and beyond, the maple sugar book, the making of a radical, the solution of the child labor problem, social religion, educational frontiers, the debs decision.
Signed first edition copy of one of the nearings best and earliest, books. We matt and caitlin started sugaring together with 40 buckets after reading the nearings maple sugar book. Practical details for modern sugaring and remarks on. Fifty years after its original publication in 1950, the maple sugar book is as relevant as ever to the homestead or smallscale commercial practitioner.
Its extensively researched, interesting, surprisingly funny, and, in and of itself, a fascinating slice of history. In the maple sugar book, helen and scott nearing warn that tapping may damage trees that measure less than 12 inches in diameter two feet above the ground. Little hogback farm is an 800tap operation nestled in the green mountains of vermont. A homesteaders personal collection, loving and leaving the good life, simple food for the good life, and coauthor with scott nearing of the maple sugar book. Maple sugarmaking, as an endeavor, has not suffered from a lack of literary coverage. Schocken had long been a publisher of jewishinterest titles, but in the 60s, under the direction of its founders daughter, eva schocken, the house put out books on timely social issues, including womens liberation and ecology. This book is filled with a history of sugaring from native american to modern times, with practical tips on how to sap trees, process sap, and market syrup.
Mar 01, 2000 helen is the author of wise words for the good life. Practical details for modern sugaring and remarks on pioneering in the 20th century. If you make syrup, chances are you already own helen and scott nearings the maple sugar book, which is a remarkably thorough, albeit a bit dated, look at the history and process. Helen knothe nearing february 23, 1904 september 17, 1995 was an american author. Aug 06, 2018 the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, with its treatment of the history and practice of maple sugaring, is our pick for this summers maple beach read. And yet, helen and scott nearing were on a totally different path, having left the. Helen nearing and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, with its treatment of the history and practice of maple sugaring, is our pick for this summers maple beach read. Mar 01, 2000 the nearings food and living philosophies have provided the guidelines for many who seek a simpler way of life. Together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth century the good life series, and more on. The maple sugar book book by scott nearing, helen nearing 2. The maple sugar book, being a plain, practical account of the. Fifty years after its original publication in 1950, the maple sugar book is as.
This was the era of total electric living, a phrase beamed into. Bill clark builds a sugarhouse maple sugar sweetens life marjorie palmer learns to sugar mary coombs makes candy truman young chews gum helen nearing writes the maple sugar book chapter 14 the move to gain more money from the maple crop 149 making much of vermont maplepromoting the green mountain states signature product. Author of living the good life, civilization and beyond, the maple sugar book, the making of a radical, the solution of the child labor problem. The maple sugar book by scott nearing, helen nearing read. The maple sugar book by scott nearing, helen nearing alibris.
Helen and scott nearing were on a totally different path, having left the city for the country, eschewing materialistic society in a quest for the selfsufficiency they deemed the good life. Scott nearing, 100, a radical reformer since the early part of the century and a nationally acclaimed leader of the backto the land movement for the last 50 years, died of pneumonia and. This was the era of total electric living, a phrase beamed into living rooms by general electric spokesman ronald reagan. Jun 03, 2018 the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, with its treatment of the history and practice of maple sugaring, is our pick for this summers maple beach read. They earned money by producing maple syrup and sugar from the trees on she and scott nearing started a relationship in 1928 and married nearly 20 years later, on december 12, 1947. Nearing was born in morris run, tioga county, pennsylvania, the heart of the states coal country. The maple sugar book by helen nearing chelsea green. Helen is the author of wise words for the good life. This particular collectors item is from a well caredfor collection of over 4,500 different titles that we are currently working on putting online for sale. Scott nearing books list of books by author scott nearing. People were rushing to make up for lost time, grasping for material wealth. A halfcentury ago, the world was trying to heal the wounds of global war. Read the maple sugar book, by scott nearing, helen nearing online on bookmate a halfcentury ago, the world was trying to heal the wounds of global war. Similarly, the 50th anniversary edition of the maple sugar book, published in 2000 includes an epilogue by greg joly that provides additional context and back story on how the maple sugar book came to be written in the first place and what became of the nearings maple operation after they left vermont for maine in 1952.
The maple sugar book by helen nearing chelsea green publishing. Nearings grandfather, winfield scott nearing, had arrived in tioga county with his family in 1864, at the age of 35, when he accepted a job as a civil and mining engineer. Nov 12, 2019 if you want to really learn about maple from the sugar bush to the container, get helen and scott nearings book the maple sugar book. Helen knothe nearing was an american author and advocate of simple living. This book covers the history of sugaring from native american to modern times, with practical tips on how to tap trees, process sap, and market syrup. The maple sugar book, which she wrote with her husband and which was published by schocken in 1950, told not only of the art and history of sugaring but also of the practical details of sugar. In 1970, schocken reprinted the nearings maple sugar book and living the good life. A short history by betty ann lockhart, published in 2008, and sweet maple. Maple sugaring was an important source of cash for the nearings, as it continues to be for many farmers today. She and scott nearing started a relationship in 1928 and married nearly 20 years later, on december 12, 1947. In an age of microchips and software that are obsolete before you can install them, maple sugaring is a process thats stood the test of time. Scott nearing, 100, a radical reformer since the early part of the century and a nationally acclaimed leader of the backtotheland movement for the last 50 years, died of pneumonia and. Cash was earned from producing maple syrup and maple sugar from the trees on their land and from scott nearing s occasional paid lectures.
Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. However, in her book meanwhile, next door to the good life, jean hay bright documents that the nearings were both heavily subsidized by substantial inheritances which supported their forest farm. The maple sugar book, being a plain, practical account of the art of sugaring designed to promote an acquaintance with the ancient as well as the modern practise, together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth century by nearing, helen. When the maple sugar book came out in 1950, it was hailed as the best treatise ever written on the maple industry george stufflebeam, 1949 president of the vermont sugarmakers association, and was the only compendium of sugaring lore, science and. Chelsea green is pleased to honor their example by publishing a new edition of the maple sugar book, complete with a new section of neverbeforepublished photos of the nearings working on the sugaring. About helen nearing helen nearing left city life with her husband, scott, nearly sixty years ago to move first to vermont and then to their farm in harborside, maine. If you want to really learn about maple from the sugar bush to the container, get helen and scott nearings book the maple sugar book.
The good life of helen k nearing new books in politics. The three books are the maple sugar book by helen and scott nearing, published in 1950, maple sugarin in vermont. Together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth century by scott nearing. The maple sugar book, together with remarks on pioneering as a way of living in the twentieth century by helen nearing book.