A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses (Audiobook)

from MartyAllen

Sustainable practices, history, and memoir all combine in this lovely story. Haun mixes genres to complete a full-bodied book. Chapters are titled after housing types, from sod houses to green houses. The chapters then tell the stories behind specific and general houses. The sod house chapter, fo...

from JoeCottonwood

I wish I'd known Larry Haun. From his writing he comes across as one of those spry, sometimes cranky, remarkably ageless carpenters you meet from time to time who love their work and understand the deeper meaning of their craft. Best of all, his passion was for creating durable, practical housing...

from TimBazzett

I learned of Larry Haun's A CARPENTER'S LIFE from a piece about it in the Grand Rapids Press. While I would not normally read a book written by a contractor/carpenter, I was completely captivated by Larry's memoir of growing up poor on the cold plains of western Nebraska, his early efforts at mak...