Dolly Freed - Possum Living torrent

Possum Living: How to Live Well Without a Job and With Almost No Money was written in the mid-1970s by a teenaged girl named Dolly Freed. She lived with her father on half an acre outside Philadelphia. The book was originally published in 1978.

Possum Living contains information on

Raising rabbits, chickens, pigs, and goats for meat
Catching and cooking fish
Gardening
Preserving food
Making moonshine
Low-cost housing
Utilities
Clothing

This book does take cheap to extremes. (It reminds me of Thoreau’s Walden.) Most of us don’t want to live like this. But for those interested in frugality or homesteading, there’s plenty to be gleaned from these pages.

In this book you will find much practical information for saving money, but telling you how to do so isn’t my only goal. Frankly, I hope to inspire you to do some independent thinking about economics as it affects the course of your individual life now and in the coming “age of shortages.”