Hammer head
Subtitle: the making of a carpenter
By: Nina MacLaughlin
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs
Publisher: New York- London
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781410479587
Subjects: Women carpenters; Carpenters; Biography; Large type books
Description: 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: title: Prologue; title: Chapter 1: Tape Measure : On the distance between here and here; title: Chapter 2: Hammer : On the force of the blow; title: Chapter 3: Screwdriver : On screwing and screwing up; title: Chapter 4: Clamp : On the necessity of pressure; title: Chapter 5: Saw : On severing a part from the whole; title: Chapter 6: Level : On shifting, settling, and shifting again; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments.