Links/instructions on tanning leather?

[Nihonius Legio]

So you live alone and your nearest neighbors are several miles away?
These are generally accepted criteria for home leather tanning.

Well I live in town, but the town only has about 7,000-10,000 people in it. No leather store. The nearest place with one is about 150 miles away. I went there and you have to buy a whole hide for like $100 at least, they wont cut it smaller for you. So if I could get a butcher or something to give me some skins, and I knew how to tan them, then that would be awesome