"This work, originally published by the Appalachian Consortium Press, has been reissued in an edition unaltered from its original publication. Open access editions of this and other Appalachian Consortium Press publications are available"--Back cover
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.
