The Barn House
Confessions of an Urban Rehabber
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2009
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-451-22787-4 (ISBN)
Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-451-22787-4 (ISBN)
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A rollicking yarn about a home-improvement project that took a man and his family to hell and back. In 1993, after Chicago lost many of its residents to the suburbs, Ed Zotti and his family gambled their future by fixing up a dilapidated Victorian home in a dicey neighborhood. Where most saw a shabby facade, the Zottis saw promise?even when it dragged and drained every resource. ?The Barn House? had a collapsed ceiling, wiring that shorted, and oak floors painted red, white, and blue. Unsettling discoveries included a box of .38 caliber bullets?with five missing?and the mere fact that the house was built on a bed of sand.
Alternately harrowing and hilarious, this is a classic account of one family's private urban renewal project, featuring burglars, irate neighbors, and a lively cast of workers. From its grim beginning to its unexpected outcome, The Barn House is the inspiring story of what it means to live (and totally rewire) the American Dream.
Alternately harrowing and hilarious, this is a classic account of one family's private urban renewal project, featuring burglars, irate neighbors, and a lively cast of workers. From its grim beginning to its unexpected outcome, The Barn House is the inspiring story of what it means to live (and totally rewire) the American Dream.
Ed Zotti is a journalist, author, the editor of the Chicago Reader's column The Straight Dope, and the man behind the world's most intelligent man, Cecil Adams. He is author of The Straight Dope, More of the Straight Dope, Return of the Straight Dope, and The Straight Dope Tells All. A graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism, he lives in Chicago.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.9.2009 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 363 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Technik ► Bauwesen | |
ISBN-10 | 0-451-22787-5 / 0451227875 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-451-22787-4 / 9780451227874 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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