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Petroski, Henry.
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Phinney, Robert Edgar, 1915-1989.
Petroski, Henry -- Homes and haunts
Architecture, Domestic.
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Petroski, Henry.
Phinney, Robert Edgar, 1915-1989.
Petroski, Henry -- Homes and haunts
Architecture, Domestic.
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The house with sixteen handmade doors : a tale of architectural choice and craftsmanship /
Henry
Petroski
; with photographs by Catherine
Petroski
.
by
Petroski
,
Henry
.
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2014]
Call #:
728.37 P497h
Subjects
Phinney, Robert Edgar, 1915-1989.
Petroski
,
Henry
--
Homes
and
haunts
Architecture, Domestic.
ISBN:
9780393242041 (hc.)
0393242048 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xii, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"When
Henry
Petroski
and his wife Catherine bought a charming but modest six-decades-old island retreat in coastal Maine,
Petroski
couldn't help but admire its unusual construction. An eminent expert on engineering, history, and design, he began wondering about the place's origins and evolution: who built it, and how? What needs, materials, technologies, historical developments, and laws shaped it? How had it fared through the years with its various inhabitants? Sleuthing around dimly lit closets, knotty-pine wall panels, and even a secret passage--but never removing so much as a nail--Petroski zooms in on the details but also steps back to examine the structure in the context of its time and place."--Jacket.
Other authors:
Petroski
, Catherine.
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