House
Subtitle: A Memoir
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: March 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780670033836
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Remodeling & Renovation - General; General; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Home Improvement / Construction; Remodeling; Ohio; Architecture / Individual Architect; Ruhlman, Michael,; 1963-; Anecdotes; Cleveland; Dwellings
First sentence: It was our house nowI had the key in my pocket. I steered into the empty driveway for the first time; until this moment Donna and I had been visitors, and we felt as welcome as a threat.
Description: The author documents the history of his home, describing its first owners at the turn of the twentieth century and his own family's acquisition of the house, and presents his perspectives on how a house reflects the American dream.