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A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses Hardcover - 2011

by Haun, Larry

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Taunton Press, 2011. Hardcover. As New/As New. As New. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. ~ ". Larry Haun Is As Much A Historian And Philosopher As He Is A 60-Year Veteran Carpenter. Larry'S Memoir Would Be Equally At Home On The Bookshelves Of Home Building And Architecture Enthusiasts As Anyone On A Spiritual Journey." - Brian Pontolilo, Editor, Fine Homebuilding Magazine The Unforgettable Memoir Of A Legendary Builder. You Don'T Have To Be A Carpenter To Appreciate This Fascinating Book That Publishers Weekly Calls, "A First Person Timeline Of 20Th Century American Residential Architecture. Combining .Two Literary The Memoir And The How-To Book." A Moving Story Of That Place We Call Home. An Early Advocate For Building Lean And Green And An Avid Blogger, Larry Haun Tells His Unique Story In Terms Of Twelve Homes - Built Over The Last 100 Years. These Are Homes He Knows Intimately, Drawing The Reader In With Detailed Descriptions And Thoughtful Observations. "Just Like Any Good Carpenter, Haun Brings His Own Artistic Flourishes To The Job Of Storytelling.. But Where Haun'S True Personality Comes Across Is When He Describes The Construction Process For The Many Houses He Has Lived In And Built?From His Parent'S 1,000-Sq. Ft. Wood-Frame House And The Adobe And Cob Structures Of The Southwest To The Mid-Century Pre-Fabricated And Tract Houses, And The More Recent Habitat For Humanity Homes He Has Donated His Time To Help Erect."
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  • Title A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses
  • Author Haun, Larry
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition New
  • Pages 264
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Taunton Press, Newtown, CT
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 009166
  • ISBN 9781600854026 / 1600854028
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 6.47 x 1.02 in (22.25 x 16.43 x 2.59 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Housing - United States - History, Vernacular architecture - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011021612
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Publishers Weekly, 06/13/2011, Page 0

About the author

Larry Haun began his building career on the Nebraska prairie, where at 17 he helped to build his first house. In 1950, he began framing in Albuquerque, N.M., and in 1951, he joined his older brother in a Los Angeles building boom that brought about rapid change in tools, materials, and building methods. Later, seeing a need for passing on production-framing techniques, Haun began teaching two nights a week at a community college--and stayed there for 20 years. He retired to Coos Bay, Ore., where he built houses for Habitat for Humanity, wheelchair ramps for poor people, and backpacked in the High Sierras, the Rockies, and the Andes. He is the author of "Habitat For Humanity: How to Build a House, Homebuilding Basics: Carpentry, The Very Efficient Carpenter, " and three companion videos on how to frame a house. Larry also kept a blog, A Carpenter's View: http: //www.finehomebuilding.com/blog/a-carpenters-view, where he wrote until a couple of weeks before his death at age 80 in October, 2011.

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