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Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter
Nina Maclaughlin
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Description for Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter
Paperback. "Reading Hammer Head, like consuming Cheryl Strayed's Wild, feels like a crucial education."-Isabella Biedenharn, Entertainment Weekly Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BM; JFSJ1; WKDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
While working at a Boston newspaper, Nina MacLaughlin applied for a job as a carpenter's assistant. In Hammer Head she tells the story of becoming a carpenter-the joys and frustrations of making things by hand; the challenges she faced as a woman in an occupation that is 99 per cent male-and how manual labour changed the way she sees the world.
While working at a Boston newspaper, Nina MacLaughlin applied for a job as a carpenter's assistant. In Hammer Head she tells the story of becoming a carpenter-the joys and frustrations of making things by hand; the challenges she faced as a woman in an occupation that is 99 per cent male-and how manual labour changed the way she sees the world.
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
193g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393352320
SKU
V9780393352320
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Nina Maclaughlin
Nina MacLaughlin grew up in Massachusetts and lives in Cambridge, where she works as a carpenter. Formerly an editor at the Boston Phoenix, she has written for the Believer, Bookslut, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and elsewhere.
Reviews for Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter
...passionate paean to a hands-on life...
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