Author: Henderson, Bill,
Title: Tower: faith, vertigo, and amateur construction.
Description: NY, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2000). VG in VG DJ. A few summers ago in Maine, I built a tower on a high hill overlooking the sea. This is a book both practical and personal. about why and how I raised that tower. If you have ever considered constructing a tower in your backyard - or if you have ever suffered from vertigo a or a wavering of your faith - you may be interested in this little volume. You may think that bulding a tower is beyond your reach, that it has to be a huge swaying beast.But in my case, three stories not counting the deck at the peak, suited me just fine. After finishing his last memoir, "Her Father", Bill Henderson headed for Maine and built a tower overlooking blueberries bushes and a swatch of ocean. The meditations that sprang from hauling lumber and pouring his own foundation became "Tower". Photos of other towers and partial essays on those who built them. plus a list of cost of building his own tower.

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