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Bill Coperthwaite ’s Radical Experiment in populate
Peter ForbesHelen Whybrow
hardback
$ 35.00
A story of friendly relationship , encouragement , and the quest to design a better worldA Man Apartis the history — part kinfolk memoir and part life — of Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrow ’s longtime friendly relationship with Bill Coperthwaite ( A Handmade Life ) , whose unusual life and fierce ideals assist them examine and infer their own .
Coperthwaite inspired many by living near to nature and in resistance to contemporary society , and was often compare to Henry David Thoreau . Much like Helen and Scott Nearing , who were his admirer and wise man , Coperthwaite led a 55 - yr - long “ experimentation in living ” on a remote stretch of Maine sea-coast . There he created a homestead of wooden , multistoried yurts , a phase of computer architecture for which he was known around the world .
Coperthwaite also embodied a school of thought that he called “ popular life , ” which was about empowering all hoi polloi to have agency over their living in rescript to create a better residential district . The central question of Coperthwaite ’s liveliness was , “ How can I dwell according to what I believe?”In this intimate and good account — framed by Coperthwaite ’s sudden death and convey alive through the calendar month - prospicient adventure of build with him what would turn out to be his last yurt — Forbes and Whybrow search the timeless lessons of Coperthwaite ’s experiment in intentional living and self - reliance . They also reveal an important report about the power and complexness of mentorship : the possibility of one ’s life to someone else to take together , and carry on in that person ’s strong-arm absence seizure .
While mourning Coperthwaite ’s death and coming to understand the real substance of his life and how it endures through their own , Forbes and Whybrow craft a story that bring out why it ’s important to seek direct experience , to be drawn to beauty and simplicity , to create rather than criticism , and to encourage others .
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