Quonset Hut

Author : Julie Decker
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568985190
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quonset Hut written by Julie Decker and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2005-10-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unexpected architectural phenomenon-something like a halved tin can turned on its side-swept across the American landscape after World War II: the Quonset hut. Originally designed during the war for use as makeshift housing for soldiers and their families around the world, the seemingly ubiquitous Quonset hut housed a rapidly expanding nation in the 1940s and 1950s both at work and at play. From recording studios-a Quonset was responsible for the birth of the "Nashville sound"--To the 1948 congressional campaign headquarters of Gerald Ford, to an endless variety of incarnations including bars, movie theaters, classrooms, supermarkets, restaurants, and houses of worship, the Quonset hut was the shape of a nation in need of affordable, easy-to-build shelter. Quonset Hut: Metal Living for a Modern Age is a fascinating look at a surprising architectural sensation and offers a refreshing, revealing, and untold story of a true American icon.

Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building the Navy's Bases in World War II written by United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hevine Schmidt
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452516456
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quonset Hut written by Hevine Schmidt and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hevine Schmidt, author of The Quonset Hut, believes that love never dies. This story follows Frank, a young man who yearns for the love and sense of belonging that he lost after the deaths of his parents and grandparents. With the help of a special guide, Frank finds love and gains an understanding of the never-ending connections in our lives as he is led through some startling, sometimes grim, twists of fate on this unique and unexpected journey.

Author : United States. Army. Transportation Arctic Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report Transportation Arctic Group, Greenland written by United States. Army. Transportation Arctic Group and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1730 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Department of the Navy Appropriations for 1953 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 1730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thom Jones
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316438634
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pugilist at Rest written by Thom Jones and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thom Jones made his literary debut in The New Yorker in 1991. Within six months his stories appeared in Harper's, Esquire, Mirabella, Story, Buzz, and in The New Yorker twice more. "The Pugilist at Rest" - the title story from this stunning collection - took first place in Prize Stories 1993: The O. Henry Awards and was selected for inclusion in Best American Short Stories 1992. He is a writer of astonishing talent. Jones's stories - whether set in the combat zones of Vietnam or the brittle social and intellectual milieu of an elite New England college, whether recounting the poignant last battles of an alcoholic ex-fighter or the hallucinatory visions of an American wandering lost in Bombay in the aftermath of an epileptic fugue - are fueled by an almost brutal vision of the human condition, in a world without mercy or redemption. Physically battered, soul-sick, and morally exhausted, Jones's characters are yet unable to concede defeat: his stories are infused with the improbable grace of the spirit that ought to collapse, but cannot. For in these extraordinary pieces of fiction, it is not goodness that finally redeems us, but the heart's illogical resilience, and the ennobling tenacity with which we cling to each other and to our lives. The publication of The Pugilist at Rest is a major literary event, heralding the arrival of an electrifying new voice in American fiction, and a writer of magnificent depth and range. With these eleven stories, Thom Jones takes his place among the ranks of this country's most important authors.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saddle Road (State Route 200) Mamalahoa Highway (State Route 190) to Milepost 6, County of Hawai'i written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lloyd Kahn
Publisher : Shelter Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780936070681
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Homes written by Lloyd Kahn and published by Shelter Publications. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the publishers of a popular series of building books comes Small Homes, which is highly relevant for these times. Getting smaller, rather than larger. Some 75 builders share their knowledge of building and design, with artistic, practical, and/or economical homes in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Spain, New Zealand and Lithuania. This is the seventh in a series of highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The series, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include Shelter, Shelter II (1978), Home Work (2004), Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008), Tiny Homes (2012), and Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Each of these books has over 1,000 photos, and each 2-page spread is carefully laid out with respect to balance of graphics and clarity of information. A running theme with them is that people have been inspired by one book to build their own home, and this will be included in a subsequent book. For example, many of the homes in Home Work were inspired by Shelter. And so on. The underlying theme with Shelter's books, which has continued for over 40 years, is that it's possible for you to create your own home with your own hands, using natural materials. Some of these homes are in the country, some in small towns, and some in large cities"--

Author : Stephen Birmingham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1060 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Late John Marquand written by Stephen Birmingham and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1060 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: