The Complete Tightwad Gazette: Promoting Thrift As a Viable Alternative Lifestyle
by Amy Dacyczyn
At about $15, its an investment, but this huge, 700-page reference manual is filled with Amy Dacyczyn’s hand-drawn illustration and newsletters filled with frugal tips. Amy published the Tightwad Gazette in the US from 1990-1996, and made enough money to buy a house debt-free and retire early. These people are full-time, far-out frugal – she is someone who never buys new and reuses old tires for patching shoes and the like. A little extreme, but much of her information is valuable even now.