Tilting, Newfoundland
"Beautifully designed and produced,...Tilting is one of the very best studies we have in the study of vernacular architecture." --Professor Henry Glassie, Indiana University"Tilting's self-reliance and hospitality are lauded along with its hardscrabble buildings and lifestyle."  --Library Journal, February 1, 2003"a vivid picture of an island way of life that has all but disappeared in North America."  --Islands Magazine, March 3, 2003This handsomely-presented book, full of color photographs, is not just a treatise on how people build their dwellings...Mellin also has a wonderful ear for the local speech...he records their stories, their views on life, love and family, and otherwise gives an honest picture of these fine people... --Greenwich Time, March 1, 2006