Dwelling Portably 1990 1999 (DIY) - Softcover

Davis, Bert; Davis, Holly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1934620203 ISBN 13: 9781934620205

Publisher: Microcosm Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Full of information about living without a permanent residence, this collection contains helpful and informative tips for biking, tents, showering, and cooking. These zines from 1990 to 1999 show how to live the lifestyle far outside of cities and bereft of technology.

About this title

About the Author:

Bert Davis and Holly Davis have been nomads for more than 30 years. They edit the monthly journal, Dwelling Portably. They live in the vicinity of Philomath, Oregon.

Review:

“Microcosm Publishing has put together what looks like every issue of this marvelous zine from the last decade of the last century. This is a dense compendium of information you can use to go camping safely and simply, to augment your home with natural, eco-friendly strategies and devices, and/or make yourself more self-sufficient in sometimes surprising ways. Want to live in a tent? Here’s how. What about a van? Okay, here’s how to rig electricity for your van safely, and how to care for the engine to boot. Need to know the law governing yurt usage in your area? Or how to lift a bicycle over a fence? Also includes lots of review of products like effective self-defense tools, food for camping, and the like. This is all capped with a very handy, helpful index (Faucet – milk jug, p. 42). If you want to simplify your life, get this book. It is amazing. And for only $7, why wouldn’t you get it?”  —Clint Johns, Zine World

"More great DIY dosage courtesy of Microcosm Publishing, who’ve helped compile a whopping thirty years worth of hand-typed, hard-won knowledge of life on the road originally published as Message Post. How to hop a freight train, how to build a solar cooker, how to keep mobile chickens, and how to build a yurt are some of the back-to-basics, practical tips you’ll find here, shared by the Davises as well as by their loyal readers (and fellow portable dwellers). Forget the cupboard of canned soup and those survivalist scare pamphlets—when the big upheaval hits, Dwelling Portably is the resource you’ll want to have by your side."  —Lime

About this edition

• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1934620203
• ISBN 13: 9781934620205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168