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Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter

By (author) Nina MacLaughlin

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normal price: R 656.95

Price: R 590.95

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While working at a Boston newspaper, Nina MacLaughlin applied for a job as a carpenter’s assistant. In Hammer Head she tells the story of becoming a carpenter—the joys and frustrations of making things by hand; the challenges she faced as a woman in an occupation that is 99 per cent male—and how manual labour changed the way she sees the world.

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | WW Norton & Co
Published date | 21 Feb 2016
Language |
Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 240
Dimensions | 211 x 142 x 18mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 302g
ISBN | 978-0-3933-5232-0
Readership Age |
BISAC | biography & autobiography / personal memoirs

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Normally shipped | This title will take longer to obtain, and should be delivered in 6-8 weeks
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Normal Price | R 720.95
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