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Title: The Granite Kiss: Traditions and Techniques of Building New England Stone Walls by Kevin Gardner, Susan Allport, Guillermo Nunez ISBN: 0-88150-546-3 Publisher: Countryman Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: My favorite stone-wall how-to book
Comment: Of the half-dozen books I bought in preparation for recycling some of the old stonewalls up through the woods on our farm into a new retaining wall, this is my clear favorite. It is more detailed than John Vivian's Building Stone Walls, particularly when it comes to retaining walls. Because it is not as glossy and illustrated as Haywards' Stone in the Garden or David Reed's Stonescaping (which are, by the way, both excellent in their own right), I'm not as wary about taking it out to the project with me.
The text is clear and concise, and includes a healthy dose of stone philosophy and the index is detailed enough to help the do-it-yourselfer find what he needs, but short enough so that he can find what he wants, even if he does not know the proper name for it.
However, the main reason I like this book so much is Gardner's assurance that anyone who puts his mind to it -- which includes me -- can build a stone wall. While his respect for old stone walls and the art of building them is obvious, he also has a healthy dose of practicality. "The notion that all, or even most, of the old stone-work we see around New England is the result of concentrated applicaion of arcane skill," he write, " is demonstrably false." Once that sacred cow was out of the way, my confidence level went up and anything seemed possible.
The black & white drawings that illustrate the text are clear and very helpful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Two over one, one over two.
Comment: This is a wonderful book...it's about stone walls, and about building stone walls, and all the things stone walls have meant and done for 350 years, and what it feels like to live and work in a place where just past the urban sprawl every one of those 350 years blends with this one (and if you look out the corner of your eye there're older times than that hiding in the shadows.)
It's not a homeowner howto, though it's got everything you can learn from a book. It's a book for masons who love their craft, New Englanders who love their home place, and anyone who likes good work. Whatever that means to you.
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Title: Building Stone Walls by John Vivian ISBN: 0882660748 Publisher: Garden Way Pub. Co. Pub. Date: 01 March, 1976 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Art And Craft of Stonescaping: Setting & Stacking Stone by David Reed ISBN: 1579900186 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: In the Company of Stone: The Art of the Stone Wall by Dan Snow, Peter Mauss, Daniel Snow ISBN: 1579651844 Publisher: Artisan Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Building Stone Walls by Charles McRaven ISBN: 1580172652 Publisher: Workman Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York by Susan Allport, David Howell ISBN: 039331202X Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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