The Cart Cook, With Plans & Projects [Hardcover]

William L Sullivan (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 274 pages
• Publisher: TAB Books; 1st edition (1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0830605126
• ISBN-13: 978-0830605125
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,287 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The author of three novels and a dozen nonfiction books, Sullivan grew up in Salem, Oregon. He completed his B.A. degree in English at Cornell University under Alison Lurie, studied linguistics at Germany's Heidelberg University, and earned an M.A. in German at the University of Oregon. He reads in a dozen languages, plays the pipe organ, and enjoys backcountry ski expeditions.
Sullivan is known in the American West as the author who backpacked more than a thousand miles across Oregon's wilderness in 1985. His journal of that adventure, "Listening for Coyote," has since been chosen one of Oregon's "100 Books," the most significant books in state history.
In summer he writes at the log cabin that he and his wife Janell Sorensen built by hand in the wilds of Oregon's Coast Range, more than a mile from roads, electricity, and telephones. The rest of the year they live in Eugene, Oregon, where he volunteers to promote libraries and literature.
A list of Sullivan's books, speaking engagements, and favorite adventures is at www.oregonhiking.com .

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Filled with easy, fun and satisfying projects., February 1, 2008

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E. Fitzgerald "How-to Books Specialist" (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cart Book With Plans and Projects (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book as one of the few books "TAB Books, Inc." did right. Starts off with the history of horse drawn carts, push carts and bike carts with a chapter on carts used for service businesses and food vending. There is a chapter entitled: "Occupation: Cartright" Definitely, in the vein of the charmingly optimistic, energy conscious, do-it-yourself books of the 70's and 80's of a Mother Earth News variety.

Most plans involve the use of electrical conduit pipe and simple materials. Most (or all) plans do not require the use of a welder. Plans included are: patio flower cart, wood-frame garden cart, bike wagon, vendor booth, steel frame garden cart, pushcart, dog sulky and wheelchair cart, etc... I built a garden cart combination/ bike trailer with a removeable hitch/handle. I was very pleased with the results.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good Cart building book, October 7, 2009

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Harmony "Harmony" (Canada) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Cart Book With Plans and Projects (Paperback)

Found it helpful for ideas for making carts. more info on measurements would have been nice. But not much choice out there for cart books, this was a used copy. I was lucky to find one.