A Man Apart Bill Coperthwaite's Radical Experiment in Living

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A Man Apart: Bill Coperthwaite's Radical Experiment in Living by Peter Forbes
English | 2015-01-27 | ISBN-10: 1603585478 | 272 Pages

A story of friendship, encouragement, and the quest to design a better world A Man Apart is the storypart family memoir and part biographyof Peter Forbes and Helen Whybrows longtime friendship with Bill Coperthwaite (A Handmade Life), whose unusual life and fierce ideals helped them examine and understand their own. Coperthwaite inspired many by living close to nature and in opposition to contemporary society, and was often compared to Henry David Thoreau. Much like Helen and Scott Nearing, who were his friends and mentors, Coperthwaite led a 55-year-long experiment in living on a remote stretch of Maine coast. There he created a homestead of wooden, multistoried yurts, a form of architecture for which he was known around the world. Coperthwaite also embodied a philosophy that he called democratic living, which was about empowering all people to have agency over their lives in order to create a better community. The central question of Coperthwaites life was, How can I live according to what I believe? In this intimate and honest accountframed by Coperthwaites sudden death and brought alive through the month-long adventure of building with him what would turn out to be his last yurtForbes and Whybrow explore the timeless lessons of Coperthwaites experiment in intentional living and self-reliance. They also reveal an important story about the power and complexities of mentorship: the opening of ones life to someone else to learn together, and carrying on in that persons physical absence. While mourning Coperthwaites death and coming to understand the real meaning of his life and how it endures through their own, Forbes and Whybrow craft a story that reveals why its important to seek direct experience, to be drawn to beauty and simplicity, to create rather than critique, and to encourage others.

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