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Contents
Foreword A word to the wise Beginnings How firm a foundation The summer of 74 : barn-razing and cabin-raising Roofing : in which we become acquainted with 5,500 shingles Joisting along Wherein our hero is floored and builds a playhouse In which we chink and daub, and win a press war The cabin grows as friends pitch in In which we move a smokehouse and create another hogwilding Of a giving house and lofty ambitions In which we have a son and are illuminated Wherein the king of Siam builds a chimney Rocking on Hearth and homing in In which the Sweatmore Construction Co. gets fancy In the home stretch Moving in at last In which we live the dream Life and death within the dream Homecoming.