Log Cabins and Cottages: How to Build and Furnish Them [Paperback]

William S. Wicks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1994

This reprint captures the resurgence of people migrating to the woods looking for change, recuperation, pleasure, and health. Whether you have a log home or share the dream of owning one, this is the perfect addition to your library.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Some recent anthropologists regard the amusements of the chase, as cultivated by civilized men--hunting, fishing, and the like--as "traces in modern civilization of original barbarism." If there is any truth in this theor, then the writer must confess that he is in a large measure a barbarian. But for years of devotion to life in the woods--a devotion that is paralleled only in the religious devotee--this little book would not have been written. Because the writer loves camp-life, and wishes to augment its pleasures, he sends forth this little volume, sure that his effort will be appreciated by all those in whom can be found "traces of orginal barbarism." The theme, Log Cabins and Cottages, How to Build and Furnish Them, may savor a little too much of the technical and practical. But, then, as the most beautiful and fragrant flowers and delicious fruits have their roots in the soil, so all the higher and more ehtical pleasures and benefits are in civilization rooted in the practical and technical. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Homestead Pub; First Edition edition (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943972280
• ISBN-13: 978-0943972282
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,824,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Log Cabins and Cottages-Reviewed, October 21, 2000

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This review is from: Log Cabins and Cottages - How to Build and Furnish Them (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1920, this tiny book has numerous drawings of cabins in the Adirondack style. The first 45 pages discuss how to build log cabin furniture and simple brush camp and lean-to structures. Pages 46-47 introduce the more extensive cabins. You'll find structures measuring 12 x 16 feet to chalets that function as inns for many weary travelers. Drawings are pen and ink and show mostly exteriors. The interior drawings that are shown are interesting, showing fireplaces, stairways, furniture, and beamed ceilings. If you love adirondack style cabins/cottages this book will help to feed your imagination. If you were hoping to look at floor plans... get out your magnifying glass. Most of the floor plans are no more than 2 inches square. I still love this little book and refer back to it all the time. It would be a nice addition to your collection of log cabin books.

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Scanning, June 12, 2011

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This review is from: Log Cabins and Cottages: How to Build and Furnish Them (Paperback)

We were excited to read this book and get to know the more rustic ideas of log cabin design and construction. We had no idea that the copy we would receive is hardly legible. I understand that this book was scanned from the original 1920 work but I would think that the scanning would not have chopped the ends off most of the sentences. A huge disappointment.