| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist--'Carpenter's assistant : women strongly encouraged to apply'--despite being a Classics major who couldn't tell a Phillips from a flathead screwdriver. She got the job, and in [her book] she tells the ... story of becoming a carpenter"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- Chapter 1: Tape Measure : On the distance between here and here -- Chapter 2: Hammer : On the force of the blow -- Chapter 3: Screwdriver : On screwing and screwing up -- Chapter 4: Clamp : On the necessity of pressure -- Chapter 5: Saw : On severing a part from the whole -- Chapter 6: Level : On shifting, settling, and shifting again -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments. |
| Subject |
MacLaughlin, Nina.
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Carpenters -- United States -- Biography.
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Women carpenters -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
Hammerhead : the making of a carpenter |
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Making of a carpenter |
| ISBN |
9780393239133 (hbk.) |
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0393239136 (hbk.) |
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