Bibliograph

Hammer head, the making of a carpenter, by Nina MacLaughlin

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Hammer head, the making of a carpenter, by Nina MacLaughlin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hammer head

Oclc number

904942529

Responsibility statement

by Nina MacLaughlin

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

Sub title

the making of a carpenter

Summary

Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and starting 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 Hammer Head she tells the rich and entertaining story of becoming a carpenter

Table Of 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

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