Forget the speculation of pundits and media personalities.
About the Author James Howard Kunstler is the author of more than twenty books, both nonfiction and fiction, including The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency, Too Much Magic, and the.
With personal accounts from a Vermont baker, homesteaders, a building contractor in the Baltimore ghetto, a white nationalist, and many more, Living in the Long Emergency is a unique and timely exploration of how the lives of everyday Americans are being transformed, for better and for worse, and what these stories tell us both about the future and about human perseverance.
In profiles of their fascinating lives, Kunstler paints vivid, human portraits that offer a "slice of life" from people whose struggles and triumphs all too often go ignored.
Coming from all walks of life, the individuals you\'ll meet in these pages have one thing in common: their stories acutely illustrate the changing realities real people are facing--and coping with--every day.
They\'ve shared their stories with him--sometimes over years of correspondence--and in Living in the Long Emergency: Global Crisis, the Failure of the Futurists, and the Early Adapters Who Are Showing Us the Way Forward, he shares them with us, offering an eye-opening and unprecedented look at what\'s really going on "out there" in the US--and beyond.
Through his popular blog, Clusterfck Nation, Kunstler has had the opportunity to connect with people from across the country.
Now, he returns with a book that takes an up-close-and-personal approach to how real people are Living now--surviving The Long Emergency as it happens.
In his 2005 book, The Long Emergency, James Howard Kunstler described the Global predicaments that would pitch the USA into political and economic turmoil in the 21st century--the end of affordable oil, climate irregularities, and flagging economic growth, to name a few.
You just have to know where to look.
For anyone asking "Now what?" the answer is out there.
Forget the speculation of pundits and media personalities
