Tower: Faith, Vertigo, and Amateur Construction
Bill Henderson had an epiphany one day after buying a plot of land high atop a hill in Maine overlooking the sea: why not build a tower for no reason? For this lapsed Presbyterian, it all made sense. With his spiritual life in neutral, his marriage struggling, his daughter growing up, a tower was no less appropriate than, say, hiring a shrink or buying a fast car. Ignoring the fact that he knew little about construction, and armed only with a hammer, a handsaw, a tri-square, a tape measure, and a rope, he set about erecting a modest tower upon his not-so-modest hill. Tower is Henderson's down-to-earth study of a sky-high subject that celebrat…
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- ISBN: 978-1-888889-38-3
- EAN: 9781888889383
- Produktnummer: 9923427
- Verlag: Pushcart
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Masse: H18.4 cm x B11.5 cm x D1.7 cm 204 g
- Gewicht: 204
Über den Autor
Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore - the world's smallest bookstore.
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