The NEW Passport To Survival. 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living [Paperback]

Rita Bingham (Author), Clair C. Bingham (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 25, 1999

The New Passport To Survival is your Passport To Peace, your ticket to a self-sufficient lifestyle - whether you choose to live in a city, a suburb, or in a rural area. This book will show you how to prepare, without panicking, for all kinds of disasters-loss of a job, natural and man-made disasters, or global calamities.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I LOVE this book! The information is clear and concise. The section in the back on how to organize neighborhood groups is excellent. I'm buying one for everyone in my family." -- Sarah Taylor, satisfied customer

"This is definitely a WOMAN'S preparedness book. It is well written and so easy to follow. It's not overwhelming at all." -- Rebecca Ensign, satisfied customer

From the Author

This book is designed to provide preparedness SOLUTIONS. You won't find scary information about WHY you should be more self-sufficient...just practical guidelines so you can get started doing something TODAY to help you rely less on commercially prepared food and supplies as you move toward a simpler life style.

The revision of Passport has been a labor of love - dedicated to my mother, Esther Dickey, who wrote the original Passport To Survival over 30 years ago. In updating this work, I am passing on a legacy of how to live a simpler and healthier lifestyle by utilizing basic foods. While my mother pioneered the use of four basic foods-wheat, powdered milk, honey, and salt-I recommend seven basics-grains, legumes, sprouting seeds, salt, honey, oil, and powdered milk (optional).

I urge people to do something positive about being prepared...for all kinds of disasters that lie ahead. As James Stevens, author of Making the Best of Basics, says, "There are no emergencies for those who are truly prepared."

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Natural Meals Pub; 1 edition (January 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882314247
• ISBN-13: 978-1882314249
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Update, October 20, 1999

By 

Sandra L. Smith (MEXIA, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The NEW Passport To Survival. 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living (Paperback)

Having an earlier 1974 version, I find this new update absolutely fascinating. Rita Bingham continues her mother Esther Dickey's legacy by providing us with the most current information to help us learn provident living. Not only does Ms. Bingham tell us what to do, but how, and where to go for additional information. She tells us how to use that information, and her recipes are wonderful. This is one of only two books that I recommend to my friends who want to be more self-sufficient, the other being "Making The Best Of Basics" by James Talmadge Stevens. This duo is a must have base for anyone wanting to learn more about taking care of themselves.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good read for anybody, July 5, 2006

By 

moe n. formation "avid reader" (southeastern, us) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The NEW Passport To Survival. 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living (Paperback)

Whether you are preparing for a hurricane evacuation, the end of the world as we know it or just trying to stop living hand to mouth, there are many helpful tips in this book to become a more prepared person. I have no intention of ever becoming a vegetarian (as suggested in this book), but did find most of it interesting reading.

97 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A good general introduction marred by new-age hokum., October 14, 2003

By 

Polvaga - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: The NEW Passport To Survival. 12 Steps to Self-Sufficient Living (Paperback)

Not the last word by any means, the book offers a broad, easy to digest introduction to disaster planning in the context of an extended personal or civil emergency rather than an end of the world scenario. In that vein, it offers much to those who haven't considered the problems they may face when the electricity goes out and the grocery store shelves are empty. For truly comprehensive advice, however, you need to look elsewhere - this is no bible on the subject.

The most glaring flaw of the book is its new-age style food and health advice. It perpetuates junk-science claims about the alleged superiority of "live" foods, toxic effects of meat protein, suppression of the immune system by sugar, benefits of enzyme supplements, etc., etc. And she really flogs the unsubstantiated claims regarding the antimicrobial effects of grapefruit seed extract and the efficacy of homeopathic remedies.

Overall, I would award the book four stars for those who have never before considered disaster preparedness planning; and for those who have, just one star because it would add nothing to your knowledge. Two and one half stars is the average, knocked back to two stars for not sticking to proven fact. An emergency is no time to start experimenting with unproven, unsubstantiated "contemporary wisdom" regarding nutrition and health matters.