tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6282672.post-33228012336174521402008-07-22T10:05:00.001-05:002008-07-22T10:09:52.046-05:00Book Review: See You in a Hundred Years<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=writingsofafa-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=1933771151&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" align="left" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><b><i>See You in a Hundred Years</i> by Logan Ward</b><br /><br />Even though I was never a big Laura Ingalls Wilder reader, I've always been fascinated by that pioneer spirit and stories of striking out in the wilderness, so when I read about this experiment by New Yorker Ward, I was intrigued.<br /><br />Ward and his wife (and their toddler) are increasingly stressed out by their electronically-dominated, rushrush lives in New York, and decide to go back in time to 1900 and live - no running water, no flush toilets, no cars, nothing. They find a plot of land in Shenandoah Valley, and this book chronicles their year of living as though it were 1900.<br /><br />I really liked reading about the trials and tribulations of the whole family, as well as learning what was 1900-approved, and what they family couldn't use, as well as the bumps and bruises that went along the way. While I know *I* couldn't do it, I came to really admire Ward's "pioneer spirit".<br /><br />I'd miss plumbing, though.<br /><br />An interesting non-fiction read!Marissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03300115881940970319noreply@blogger.com