Shelters,Shacks and Shanties

[bb07]

I don't know if this one has been posted before but it's a pretty neat book.
www.shelterpub.com/_shelter/sss_intro.html -

 

[Man of Tanith]

I've a copy of this book.
Tends to be a daydream book for me to nose through and fantasise about living in some of them
good read and interesting

 

[sandbender]

The author, Lloyd Kahn has a blog where he features some interesting buildings and homes around the world, he was also the subject of this short film...

[video=youtube;VKLG--xq3Gw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKLG--xq3Gw[/video]

 

[bb07]

Interesting man, Mr. Kahn, but the author of the book I'm talking about is a different person. The book was written in 1914 by a Daniel C. Beard. Thanks for the information though

 

[sandbender]

Interesting man, Mr. Kahn, but the author of the book I'm talking about is a different person. The book was written in 1914 by a Daniel C. Beard. Thanks for the information though

As the man with orthopedic shoes once said, "I stand corrected", I meant to say he was the publisher of course.

 

[Bumpy]

Thanks for that - I have found a couple of sources for the whole book - free of charge! (Note: This book is out of copyright - there is nothing illegal about the download links I provide below)

One for your Kindle or PC Kindle reader software
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/28255/pg28255-images.mobi

And a PDF scan of the original yellowing pages of the book from Boston's Library Archive:
http://ia700102.us.archive.org/17/items/sheltersshackssh00bear/sheltersshackssh00bear.pdf