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MacLaughlin, Nina, author.
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MacLaughlin, Nina.
Carpenters -- United States -- Biography.
Women carpenters -- United States -- Biography.
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Hammer head : the ma...
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Hammer head : the making of a carpenter / Nina MacLaughlin.
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MacLaughlin, Nina, author.
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2015.
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MacLaughlin, Nina.
Carpenters -- United States -- Biography.
Women carpenters -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780393239133 (hbk.)
0393239136 (hbk.)
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224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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First edition.
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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"Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and staring 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 [her book] she tells the ... story of becoming a carpenter"--Dust jacket flap.
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Kalihi-Palama Public Library
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694.092 MacLaughlin Ma
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