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Norton Creek Press
Classic Reprints and Old-Time Wisdom
Most of the best books ever written are out of print and forgotten. A few old books are considered classics and stay in print, but many equally good books vanish without a trace. At Norton Creek Press, we are bringing a relative handful of the very best books back into print. We read mountains of old books so you don't have to.
Norton Creek Press is a family business run by Karen L. Black and Robert Plamondon (both writer/farmer/editor/engineers). We started out with a line of poultry books because, when we moved to our Oregon farm, we discovered that the more recent poultry books were not in tune with the needs of small farmers, while older books were. We read several hundred poultry publications, eventually choosing three to bring back into print (and writing a fourth). We're branching out in directions that match our interests and experience, starting with back-to-the-land books. And there's more to come!
Adventure Books
We've just started our line of adventure books with Percy Keese Fitzhugh's classic series of boy scout adventures, the Tom Slade series. This wonderful nineteen-volume set of boys' books from the early days of scouting is just the beginning! Fitzhugh wrote several other, equally good series, and we will be bringing additional gems from other authors.
Chickens and Poultrykeeping
Our line of classic poultry books cover many aspects of poultrykeeping. Most modern poultry books are disappointing, either because they are written at the post-graduate level for industry professionals or superficially for hobbyists. Thoughtful, thorough books that can be understood by the interested layman are no longer being written. With that in mind, we have reprinted the best poultry books of all time.
These include Robert Plamondon's Success With Baby Chicks, Milo Hastings' The Dollar Hen, F. B. Hutt's Genetics of the Fowl, and G. F. Heuser's Feeding Poultry.
Back-to-the-Land Adventures
We think you'll love our back-to-the-land adventures as much as we do. We found all these books helpful when we were making our own back-to-the-land transition. They aren't step-by-step handbooks, but they are inspirational and entertaining, and occasionally useful.
All these books are classic success stories about people who moved from the city to the country and made a go at farming. The oldest is Edmund Morris' classic Ten Acres Enough from 1864, M. G. Kains' charming We Wanted a Farm from 1941, and Margaret Leatherbarrow's fascinating Gold in the Grass from 1954.
Through Dungeons Deep: A Fantasy Gamers' Handbook
Robert wrote Through Dungeons Deep when he was in college. It tells you how to play and run fantasy role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons. As you can see by the reviews on Amazon.com, it is still considered to be the finest book of its kind.
How to Order
Ordering from Online Bookstores
We recommend Amazon.com as the most convenient and reliable source of our books. Use the listings and shopping cart above to order from Amazon.
You can also order them from any online bookstore.
Ordering from Us
The grey shopping cart buttons on the individual book pages to allow you to buy directly from us. (US addresses and PayPal payment only, please.) We offer flat-rate Media Mail shipping and ship orders every day.
Download as eBooks
Success With Baby Chicks and The Dollar Hen are available as downloadable eBooks. You can start reading them without leaving your computer! Downloadable books are particularly convenient for overseas customers. The books are provided in PDF format.
Order From Your Favorite Bookstores
While you won't find our books on the shelves in your local bookstore, they will be happy to order them for you.
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