If any young folks want to continue this grand experiment, which shows no sign of ending, you may want to start with researching the first back-to-the-land move

If any young folks want to continue this grand experiment, which shows no sign of ending, you may want to start with researching the first back-to-the-land movement that started in the 1920s-1930s in Vermont. A good book for that period is Back to the Land: The Enduring Dream of Self-Sufficiency in Modern America (Studies in American Thought and Culture) by Dona Brown, published 2011. Lots of books are available about the 1970s-1980s period, written both during the period and in the cold light of reason over the last ten years…books from both periods have their merits. Books written in the 1960s/1970s have an aesthetic and charm that is quite appealing…but if you are putting nail to plank, you want to check on lessons learned in the recent books, and the Internet for the latest high-tech low-tech. These ideas require a “waste land” to get started, and the Coasts are a little short of those at the moment. The Midwest is positioned much better in that regard…