If you are among the potential homebuilders who are reviving post-and-beam framing in search of a more sturdily built house, this book was written for you,. Whether you are interested in participating in the design and construction of your timer frame house or plan to turn it over to a professional builder, you will learn the principles and techniques that make this ancient type of construction so beautiful and durable. Written by the owner of a post-and-beam construction firm in New Hampshire and a civil engineer, Building the Timer Frame House tells you exactly how to do just that. Beginning with a brief, interesting chapter on the history of timber framing, the authors include chapters on the kinds of joinery, the assembly of timbers, and raising. The last part of the book deals with present-day design and materials: house plans, site development, foundation laying, insulation, tools, and methods. The qualities of energy efficiency, permanence, aesthetic value and, if you are building your own home, the joy of working with large pieces of wood combine to make timber framing the craft of homebuilding.

Building the Timber Frame House: The Revival of a Forgotten Craft

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Ted Benson

Home Improvement & Design

Charles Scribner`s Sons

Book by Bruce A. MacGregor, Ted Benson

Portrait of a Silver Lady: The Train They Called the California Zephyr

Bruce A. MacGregor

Pruett Publishing Co.

Wheels Rolling-West: A Photographic Salon of Western Railroading

Wheels Rolling--West, a salon of fine images from the West's finest rail photographers, explores the captivating qualities of Western railroading in engaging style. From the steam-diesel transitional years of the late 1940's and early 1950's through the first generation diesels of the early 1960's and the diesel's own evolution in the late '60's and '70's, Wheels Rolling--West offers a long, loving look at the land, mem and machines that make the railroads of the American West the most fascinating on the face of the earth.

Dave Styffe

Westrail Publications

Cloth with dust jacket, 9.25x12.25" oversize horizontal format, 240 glossy pages. 2014. "Western Pacific was a railroad in transition on Jan 1, 72. The resolute David in a marketplace dominated by Southern Pacific's Goliath, long perceived as the scrappy good guy who always tried harder, WP almost succumbed to its positive image. "Brought down by the financial burden of the California Zephyr and changing traffic patterns in the post-Vietnam 1970s, the freight-only WP faced a life-or-death battle in an evolving economy. Along the way, the Feather River Route reclaimed the national spotlight by hiring one of the country's most-talked about railroad executives, Alfred E. Perlman. Surviving to merge with Union Pacific in 1982, WP's final hours were, in many ways, its finest. "72-82, Western Pacific's Final Decade", is a look at the last independent years of an uncommon carrier. A four-way collaboration between photographers Ted Benson, Dick Dorn, Dale Sanders and Dave Stanley, the book documents a significant chapter in the history of this regional railroad.

72-82: Western Pacific's Final Decade

Dave Stanley

Dick Dorn

Dale Sanders

White River Productions, Bucklin, MO

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