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Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (eBook)

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Various Retailers have Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (eBook) on sale for $1.99.

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  • Over 200,000 copies sold - fully updated! Dye your own wool, raise chickens, make your own cheddar cheese, build a log cabin, and much much more.
  • Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills - the kind employed by our forefathers - and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide.
  • Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast-food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle.
  • Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in Back to Basics will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead.

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    • This deal is $25.96 off (93% savings) the listed retail price of $27.95. This also marks the lowest sale price this title has ever been reduced to. Offer valid for a limited time.
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Various Retailers have Back to Basics: A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills (eBook) on sale for $1.99.

Thanks to Deal Editor StrawMan86 for finding this deal.

Available from:
About this product:
  • Over 200,000 copies sold - fully updated! Dye your own wool, raise chickens, make your own cheddar cheese, build a log cabin, and much much more.
  • Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills - the kind employed by our forefathers - and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide.
  • Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast-food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle.
  • Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects, step-by-step sequences, photographs, charts, and illustrations in Back to Basics will help you dye your own wool with plant pigments, graft trees, raise chickens, craft a hutch table with hand tools, and make treats such as blueberry peach jam and cheddar cheese. The truly ambitious will find instructions on how to build a log cabin or an adobe brick homestead.

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This deal is $25.96 off (93% savings) the listed retail price of $27.95. This also marks the lowest sale price this title has ever been reduced to. Offer valid for a limited time.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • This product has an impressive 4.7 out 5 star rating based on over 2,425 customer reviews on Amazon.
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TruthIsOK
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Seems these pages would be annoying to navigate and read on a Kindle. Also, the obvious irony of downloading a Kindle version of this book lol.
wintonas
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Does the book include nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills?
Dravack
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I have two copies of the back to basics book. This one and one from who knows how long ago. 10+ years old probably more. Anyway awesome book and I love the white bread recipe in it. Super simple and great tasting.

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Oct 31, 2021 08:19 AM
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DravackOct 31, 2021 08:19 AM
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I have two copies of the back to basics book. This one and one from who knows how long ago. 10+ years old probably more. Anyway awesome book and I love the white bread recipe in it. Super simple and great tasting.
Oct 31, 2021 12:17 PM
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wintonasOct 31, 2021 12:17 PM
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Does the book include nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills?
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Oct 31, 2021 12:18 PM
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TruthIsOKOct 31, 2021 12:18 PM
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Seems these pages would be annoying to navigate and read on a Kindle. Also, the obvious irony of downloading a Kindle version of this book lol.
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Oct 31, 2021 12:19 PM
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TruthIsOKOct 31, 2021 12:19 PM
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Quote from wintonas :
Does the book include nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills?
"basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers"

I'm guessing that's a no for the hacking skills lol
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Oct 31, 2021 01:56 PM
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CivilizedSecretOct 31, 2021 01:56 PM
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This is an awesome book. I have the original and the updated version
Oct 31, 2021 04:01 PM
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bansh77Oct 31, 2021 04:01 PM
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Quote from wintonas :
Does the book include nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills?
It will teach you to build cakes and catch delicious bass for your woman.
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Oct 31, 2021 04:09 PM
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ColossalPenguinOct 31, 2021 04:09 PM
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Wow, talk about range! Everything from dying wool to building a house 😂

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Oct 31, 2021 04:37 PM
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mutha_scratchaOct 31, 2021 04:37 PM
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Getting skills from the grid for when there is no grid.
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Oct 31, 2021 04:39 PM
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Chewie9Oct 31, 2021 04:39 PM
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Quote from mutha_scratcha :
Getting skills from the grid for when there is no grid.
I was thinking the same thing 😂
Oct 31, 2021 04:50 PM
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HonestPartner655Oct 31, 2021 04:50 PM
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I'd be in for a paper copy…
Oct 31, 2021 04:57 PM
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EremeyaOct 31, 2021 04:57 PM
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My parents had this book when I was growing up. As kids we spent hours and hours reading and rereading in. It's an awesome book to have on your shelf as a reference book.
Oct 31, 2021 05:02 PM
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WhatUpDawgOct 31, 2021 05:02 PM
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Quote from CivilizedSecret :
This is an awesome book. I have the original and the updated version
Wait—it says "skills employed by our forefathers"…what could there possibly be to update??? Is there late breaking research into skills our forefathers used?🤔🤷
Last edited by WhatUpDawg October 31, 2021 at 10:52 AM.
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Oct 31, 2021 05:15 PM
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SpEddieOct 31, 2021 05:15 PM
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Quote from wintonas :
Does the book include nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills?
About time I watch the movie again. Thanks for the reminder !
Oct 31, 2021 05:20 PM
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bigDeal44Oct 31, 2021 05:20 PM
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Quote from wintonas :
Does the book include nunchuck skills, bow hunting skills, and computer hacking skills?
I have already looked into time travel for myself.

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beavis9kOct 31, 2021 06:05 PM
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Quote from TruthIsOK :
"basic living skills—the kind employed by our forefathers"

I'm guessing that's a no for the hacking skills lol
Woooosh
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