The Hippie Handbook: How to Tie-Dye a T-Shirt, Flash a Peace Sign, and Other Essential Skills for the Carefree Life

by Chelsea Cain, Lia Miternique (Illustrator)

Overview

A groovy guide to hippie culture from the New York Times–bestselling author.

Brothers and sisters! Here at last is a light-hearted, free-spirited, groovy guide to the timeless hippie skills and activities that make the world a better place, one macrame belt at a time. In illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions, author Chelsea Cain—who grew up on an Iowa hippie commune—provides practical and playful know-how for the hippie and hippie-at-heart. Learn how to milk a goat, build a compost pile, play “Kumbaya” on the guitar, teach a dog how to catch a Frisbee, and get your file from the FBI. Discover the finer points of caring for a fern, choosing a mantra, organizing a protest, naming your hippie baby, and making sand candles as holiday gifts. Including primers on cooking, dressing, driving, telling time, dancing, and celebrating your birthday in classic hippie style, and a righteous appendix of essential hippie books, movies, and slang, The Hippie Handbook knows the score. Right on.

“Run us cheerily through the basics of the hippie lifestyle and beyond.” —January Magazine

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452103563
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	10/12/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	22 MB
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About the Author

Chelsea Cain really has milked a goat and made tempeh in her bathtub. Author of the memoir Dharma Girl, she lives the carefree life in Portland, Oregon. Lia Miternique is a far-out illustrator and graphic designer who lives in Portland, Oregon.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	10
	How to Wear Your Hair Like a Hippie	16
	How to Dress Like a Hippie	20
	How to Tell Time Like a Hippie	24
	How to Anthropomorphize Inanimate Objects	26
	How to Pick Up a Hippie	28
	How to Name Your Hippie Baby	30
	How to Macrame	35
	How to Care for a Fern	39
	How to Tie-Dye a T-Shirt	42
	How to Make a Skirt out of a Pair of Old Jeans	46
	How to Grow an Avocado Sprout from a Seed in a Jar	50
	How to Make an Origami Crane	53
	How to Amble	58
	How to Hitchhike	60
	How to Drive Like a Hippie	62
	How to Change the Oil in Your VW Bus	66
	How to Take Care of Birkenstocks	68
	How to Teach a Dog to Catch a Frisbee	70
	How to Make Sand Candles as Holiday Gifts	75
	How to Draw Psychedelic Letters	79
	How and When to Flash a Peace Sign	82
	How to Meditate	85
	How to Howl at the Moon	86
	How to Choose a Mantra	87
	How to Do a Sun Salutation	89
	How to Find Spiritual Enlightenment	90
	How to Start a Commune	92
	How to Build a Compost Pile	97
	How to Milk a Goat	100
	How to Dance Like a Hippie	105
	How to Celebrate May Day Like a Hippie	106
	How to Make a Dandelion Crown	110
	How to Celebrate Your Birthday Like a Hippie	113
	How to Make a Vegan Chocolate Birthday Cake	114
	Stuff to do Around a Campfire	117
	How to Play "Kumbaya" on a Guitar	118
	How to Cook Like a Hippie	120
	How to Grow Tempeh in Your Bathtub	127
	How to Decorate Your Home Like a Hippie	130
	How to Dumpster Dive	134
	How to Clean Your House Like a Hippie	136
	How to Paint a Mural on the Side of Your House or Minibus	138
	How to Pick a Suitable Hippie Job	142
	How to Panhandle	144
	How to Organize a Protest	146
	How to Tree Sit	150
	How to Smoke Bananas	152
	How to Recognize an Undercover Cop	155
	How to Get a Copy of Your File from the FBI	156
	How to Join the Peace Corps	158
	How to Run Away to Morocco	160
	Essential Hippie Movies	164
	Essential Hippie Books	167
	Hippie Glossary of Terms	174
	About the Author	176
	About the Illustrator	176