“Recommended for academic collections, public library collections and individuals interested in homesteading in a nature-friendly manner.”—Library Journal. “A copious compendium of old timey skills and ambitious projects...beautifully illustrated.”—Mother Earth News. “Beautifully detailed....I strongly recommend this book.”—Last Whole Earth Catalog.
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The volume under review is a combination and expansion of the authors' classic In Harmony with Nature and Country Comforts. In five chapters on log styles, four on post-and-beam styles, three on building basics, and a comparative wood-frame section, techniques and adaptive solutions are offered to the prospective country builder and homesteader. The text reads as a first-person narrative, which is difficult to maintain at intervals owing to the profusion of photographs, drawings, and diagrams. The current volume also returns to its predecessors' construction sites and updates the reader on their progress. Captions are clear when the drawings are not self-explanatory. As a think piece and a guide to solving site problems, this is a strong effort; a small but complete index and a metric conversion table are included. Recommended for academic technical collections, larger public library woodworking/homebuilder collections, and individuals interested in homesteading in a nature-friendly manner.
Alex Hartmann, INFOPHILE, Skokie, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Alex Hartmann, INFOPHILE, Skokie, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Liked the original version better,
By Jim Kirk (Culloden, WV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creative Country Construction: Building & Living In Harmony with Nature (Paperback)
I lost my copy of the original version of this book, which was titled Country Comforts, and purchased this "updated" version. However much of the information I valued in the older version covering livestock housing and fencing, and a lot of the finer details of the old book were ommitted in this version. I did like the notes following up on how the original designs mentioned in the book had fared over time, but that was the only way that this version was better than the old version.
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Simplifying Life,
By Rodman Neumann (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Creative Country Construction: Building & Living In Harmony with Nature (Paperback)
This book was put together to emphasize the light and helpful way it tells the stories of real people who followed up their urge to simplify their lives and get closer to nature. This is an update of two classic books and has their excellent drawings throughout. This new compilation tells how these peoples' lives and homesteads faired over the intervening years. Life turned out not always to be simpler, but their satisfactions at having created their own homes was genuine. There is practical information for those interested in trying it out, but the stories are intended to make enjoyable armchair reading by themselves.
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