Tilting : house launching, slide hauling, potato trenching, and other tales from a Newfoundland fishing village / Robert Mellin.

Main entry:

Mellin, Robert, 1950-

Title & Author:

Tilting : house launching, slide hauling, potato trenching, and other tales from a Newfoundland fishing village / Robert Mellin.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 243 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) and index.
Rugged Landscape, Strong People, Fragile Architecture -- House Form and Visiting -- Building and Launching the House -- Inside the House -- Outbuildings and Work -- Fishery Outbuildings -- Agricultural Outbuildings, Fences, and Gardens -- Rebuilding and Preserving.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568983832
9781568983837

Subject:

Architecture, Domestic Newfoundland and Labrador Tilting.
Architecture Newfoundland and Labrador Tilting History.
Architecture.
Architecture, Domestic.
Buildings.
Manners and customs.
Tilting (N.L.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Tilting (N.L.) Social life and customs.
Newfoundland and Labrador Tilting.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 226457
Call No.: NA7243.T55 M45 2003
Status: Missing

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