Part memoir, part cultural history, this is a book about the history of homebuilding in America over the past 100 years, told through twelve unique but modest houses that the author knows intimately. We follow the author from the sod house in Nebraska where his mother was born through the frame house where he spent his childhood to the production houses that he built one a day in the San Fernando Valley to the Habitat for Humanity houses that he has been devoting his time to most recently. While the houses provide the ...
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Part memoir, part cultural history, this is a book about the history of homebuilding in America over the past 100 years, told through twelve unique but modest houses that the author knows intimately. We follow the author from the sod house in Nebraska where his mother was born through the frame house where he spent his childhood to the production houses that he built one a day in the San Fernando Valley to the Habitat for Humanity houses that he has been devoting his time to most recently. While the houses provide the narrative glue, they are but part of the story. What emerges through the pages of "A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses" is a passionate paean to the earth and those who walk upon it, written by a veteran builder with a deep connection to the natural world, a yearning for simplicity, a respect for humanity and an evocative notion of what we mean by "home".
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New. Part memoir, part cultural history, this book tells the history of homebuilding in America over the past 100 years, told through twelve modest houses that the author knows intimately. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w throughout, 10 drawings, 80 photographs. BIC Classification: BGA; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508. 2011. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. Sm8vo. A clean and unmarked hardback with an unclipped dust jacket no protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. This copy has an "opened-only-once-or-twice" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. Who should know more about home construction than a life-long retired carpenter; such as Larry Haun? Black-and-white photos. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999. 264-stated pages.