Hugh Howard

House-Dreams

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The story of an amateur builder and two novice apprentices and how they turned an overgrown blackberry patch, ten truckloads of lumber, a keg of cut nails and an antique staircase into a real home. House-Dream is probably the most warmhearted and engaging book about house building that I've come across. Hugh Howard has done a terrific job of charting the builder's journey while personalizing it for everyone. (Bob Vila) Major decisions often get made for small reasons. The day we resolved to build a house for ourselves demonstrates how the little can beget the big. The impetus for one of the most momentous decisions of our lives proved to be a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56512-293-2
EAN: 9781565122932
Produktnummer: 31184165
Verlag: Workman
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Masse: H22.3 cm x B14.7 cm x D2.8 cm
Abbildungen: Hardback

Über den Autor

Hugh Howard is the author of eleven books in the fields of history and architecture, most recently, Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War: American’s First Couple and the Second War of Independence. His next book with photographer Roger Straus III, Houses of the Presidents, will be published in October 2012 by Little Brown. He lives in East Chatham, New York, with his wife and two daughters.