Whole Earth contributor Lloyd Kahn walks us through a rare first edition of the iconic catalog

I ended up with two copies, mediocre condition, of the 1971 Last Whole Earth Catalog. There were a LOT of copies of that; I think I ran into a 1970 edition once.

Leafing through the LWEC as a kid was a mind-blower.

It . . . it is kind of painful now, because it is redolent of an idealism that is long gone from our society.

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