The Craft of Log Building: A Complete Handbook of Woodworking Techniques for Cabins, Homes, and DIY Wood Projects | Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners to Experts

Hermann Phleps was a very gifted historian and architect who was able to record in photos and wonderfully detailed pen and ink drawings, the treasure of solid wood construction. The book was originally published in Germany in 1944 and later translated into English so that we could share in the detailed history of log and solid wood construction techniques used from northern Scandinavia to the Alps, from France to Central Europe. As a log home designer and builder, I find it an endless source of ideas and visual evidence that solid wood construction is both a viable body of construction techniques and a display of handcraftsmanship and "Works of Heart." It is said that a laborer works with his or her hands; a craftsman, their hands and their head and an artist, their hands, their head and their heart. This book shows how long that has been true and sets a target for us to strive for once again.