"How-to" Build This Log Cabin for $3,000

By John McPherson

A step by step "how-to" on the construction of a log cabin profusely illustrated with over 300 photographs plus several line drawings. This book was written and designed for the "average" person who... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897459806
• ISBN13: 9780897459808
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: McPherson
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Good

I bought this book for my dad for Christmas. He's planning to build a primative cabin next year and found this book inspirational!

A Helpful Guide for Those with Serious Ambition

I get a kick out of John McPherson's books. They're self-published guides that can teach you almost-forgotten crafts, such as how to tan deer skins with brains and ashes.This book will show you how to build a log cabin SHELL (be forwarned) using simple hand tools and back-breaking effort. To be fair, McPherson apparently considers a cabin complete when the log walls are up and chinked, and the roof is up and shingled. No doubt he doesn't need electricity or indoor plumbing. So, there's not anything here about how to FINISH a cabin--you know, silly things like wiring. This book is an incredible guide on how to do about two-thirds of the work required to have a liveable cabin. I've lived in dwellings like the one he made, and it can get real thin, after a while.What is really neat about this book is that it does show you how to erect a cabin in the old style. The most useful parts concern safety. Listen to the man so you won't get squashed like a bug, OK?For those of you who are really determined, this book will be extremely valuable, since it is clear, practical, and very well-illustrated with about 300 photographs. For the rest, just read the book in your easy chair while drinking a cold bottle of beer, and then go back to watching a ballgame on the telly.

ECONOMICAL LOG HOMES

THIS BOOK WAS VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY FOR FIRST HOME BUIDING PROJECTS. HAD EASY TO READ INFORMATION, GOOD INSTRUCTION AND HELPFULL HINTS THROUGH OUT THE BUIDING PROCESS.

It's all good

John, you're writing style is unique and exquisite. I read every book of yours that I can get my hands on! They contain good tips and good advice not only about your projects but about life as well. Every time I read one of your books, even a page in your book, I come away with a good feeling inside. Write back and DTTS Sj