Comments on: My list of financial freedom books

By: Cybrgeezer

Cybrgeezer — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:50:11 +0000

“Retire on Less Than You Think” by Fred Brock.

By: dalboy

dalboy — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:34:10 +0000

“In 1978, at age eighteen, she wrote Possum Living, a frugal-living book that made her briefly famous amid an infamous economy. Then she went off the grid in the most unexpected of ways—she went mainstream. Now Dolly—and her book—are back.”

http://www.paige-williams.com/

and there is this short documentary up on Youtube ( 3 parts )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvn79E40VSc

By: Olivia

Olivia — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:26:02 +0000

Possum Living is now in print again. Someone else mentioned the Tightwad Gazette. That is very practical.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:18:50 +0000

Meditations is one of my favorites.
I also love “The Richest Man in Babylon”. I recommend it for children.

By: Bankruptcy Ben

Bankruptcy Ben — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:19:40 +0000

I’m checking my library catalogue now.

By: Daniel Conway

Daniel Conway — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:20:48 +0000

Two great books are “the overspent American” + “the overworked American”
by Julie Schor.

By: netvic3

netvic3 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:16:25 +0000

“Cashing in on the American Dream” (How to retire at 35) by Paul Terhorst.
Out of print, but found in libraries yet.
He retired in 1984, traveled the world, still doing it and has more money now then when he started.
Started using CD’s as earnings base, but gave that up for index funds.
He also writes for travel sites.

http://sites.google.com/site/paulvicgroup/

http://www.internationalliving.com/About-IL/Meet-the-IL-Team/Paul-Terhorst

I’ve been rereading it for years..Oh well I missed 35 by a long time. (Blame it on the kids) lol

By: Steven Austin

Steven Austin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:52:41 +0000

Browne’s book is downloadable here, html format:

http://tinyurl.com/ygtpj8o

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:07:47 +0000

“How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World,” by Harry Browne, is a great help in breaking free from the herd. Even though the book was written in the 1970s, the ideas are still relevant today. Unfortunately, Harry Browne, the author, died in 2006.

A PDF version is available for $9.75 here,
http://tinyurl.com/klnxn6

By: dlm

dlm — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:33:58 +0000

Tightwad Gazette trilogy by Amy Dacyczyn.

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:31:39 +0000

Check out writings by Epictetus too, another Stoic.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:33:22 +0000

I would like to How to Live Well Without Owning a Car by Chris Balish. This book motivated me to go from car-lite to car-free. Over 2 years now and not owning a car has been a huge factor in my savings.

By: mjukr

mjukr — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:20:58 +0000

Great list, thanks!

By: vkakula

vkakula — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:20:31 +0000

http://www.scribd.com/doc/8296822/Possum-LivingHow-to-Live-Well-Without-a-Job-and-With-Almost-No-Money-by-Dolly-Freed

Enjoy!

By: George

George — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:54:59 +0000

Opussom Living used to be found in the soil and health library: http://www.soilandhealth.org

“Freed, Dolly. Possum Living: How To Live Well Without A Job and With (almost) No Money. New York: Universe Books, 1978.

Possum Living was withdrawn from circulation in May, 2009 because of contact from a new publisher who is bringing out a print edition in January, 2010. Check this spot for further details regarding the availability of the book. And following, to tantalize you, is the description of the book offered when it was posible to legally provide copies of this excellent item. When I was in my early 30s we used our first surplus few thousand dollars to make the down payment on an inexpensive run-down house with an acre lot on an unpaved dusty street in the extreme western San Fernando Valley. We practiced a modified version of “simple living”–earning what then seemed like a lot of money by self-employment while spending a lot less than we earned. The result was that in a few years we could buy a free-and-clear homestead in Oregon. My favorite book at that time was a little paperback called How To Live On Nothing; I have a hardcover copy on this book the shelf right now but in the current scene How To Live On Nothing” does not seem to be worth the time it would take to scan and put it on line. Then a patron sent me Possum Living. Although not nearly as long a book as How To Live On Nothing, it is heaps funnier. Since beingness always preceeds doingness or havingness, Possum Living may perform just the attitude adjustment on you that is needed to make your life a lot more pleasant and set you off on a course of thrifty practice. Possum Living expresses what I consider to be genuine (and vanishing) ‘mer’can attitudes of self-sufficiency, independence and true grit. OUT OF PRINT.”

Dolly Freed & her divorced parents were interviewed by Merv Griffen (I think it was him), but I’ve not been able to find anything more than a few still pictures from that on the internet. There is also a longer documentary available on 32mm film. Her brother is selling candle-making videos on Amazon.com in conjunction with her mother’s candle-making supply store.

By: pete

pete — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:29:38 +0000

Walden by Henry David Thoreau

http://www.scribd.com/doc/899251/Walden-by-Henry-David-Thoreau

Meditation by Marcus Aurelius

http://www.scribd.com/doc/6659/Thoughts-of-Marcus-Aurelius

Man-Economy-and-State

http://www.scribd.com/doc/932581/Man-Economy-and-State

Hackers Survival Guide

http://www.scribd.com/doc/30240/Hackers-Survival-Guide

By: Spork

Spork — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:51:04 +0000

Great list Jacob, Walden is my favorite, read it when I was 12 or 13 and it forever changed my view of life and living.

Thought I would point out that Callenbach’s book has be re-published as “Living Cheaply with Style”. I haven’t read it, but I suspect he left out the weedier words…

By: firefighter

firefighter — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:44:03 +0000

Glad to see you tack Aurelius
onto this list. There is more
to life than money.

Interesting that the word
“Stoic” means person of the porch
or porch-sitter. (Granted the word predates Aurelius a bit)

Maybe they were the first
EREer’s…

-FF

By: Bruno

Bruno — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:12:37 +0000

Ty for this list! Checking out Meditations now!

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:12:48 +0000

Your book list got me interested. I would love to be successfully propagandized that I could live on your budget:)

Just a note…this one is available free online at http://mises.org/rothbard/mes.asp

“# Man, Economy, and State
This book will teach you more about economy than any undergraduate degree in economics. Read the entire 1200+ pages. Strongly recommended.”

http://mises.org/rothbard/mes.asp