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Saltmarsh, John Albert was born on February 25, 1957 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert John and Dorothee (Gierich) Saltmarsh.
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Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader (Good Life Series)
( Scott Nearing (1883-1983) has inspired an entire genera...)
Scott Nearing (1883-1983) has inspired an entire generation of disciples who are the current movers and shakers of the contemporary homesteading movement, and (not coincidentally) prominent among the author ranks of Chelsea Green books. Eliot Coleman (The New Organic Grower) actually lives on a piece of property that once belonged to the Nearings. Michael Potts (The New Independent Builder) lives on the "other coast" in tiny Caspar, California, but has found the Nearings to be the forerunners of the nascent boom in independent homes. Rob Roy (Mortgage-FREE!), Gene Logsdon (The Contrary Farmer), and even the editors of Mother Earth News are quick to acknowledge their debt to this intrepid pioneer. John A. Saltmarsh's exhaustively researched biography captures both the complexity of Nearing's ideas, but also the simplicity with which they are grounded in practical experience. He traces Nearing's life from his fiery days as a social radical to the more peaceful days spent with his wife, Helen, on their model homestead at Forest Farm on the coast of Maine (now preserved as The Good Life Center by the Trust for Public Land). A must-read for anyone who who wants to understand where the concept of sustainable living was spawned.
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Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader (Good Life Series) by Saltmarsh, John (1998) Paperback
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John Albert Saltmarsh
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Bachelor of Science, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979. Master of Arts, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1989.
Career
Project director Campus Compact Brown University, Providence, since 1998. Associate professor Northeastern University, Boston, since 1989. Founding chair The Good Life Center, Harborside, Maine, since 1995.
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Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader (Good Life Series)
( Scott Nearing (1883-1983) has inspired an entire genera...)
- Scott Nearing the Making of a Homesteader
- Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader (Good Life Series) by Saltmarsh, John (1998) Paperback
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Scott Nearing: The Making of a Homesteader (Good Life Series)
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Married Gisele Marie Grenon, July 28, 1984. Children: Joshua Nathaniel, Jay Cotton.
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American
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1979
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1983
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1989