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Concrete and Culture

Robby Porter

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Bar Nothing Books
04 July 2021
"After a year of homeschooling prompted him to consider how much he actually knew and how he'd learned it, Robby Porter-builder, solar-panel-installer, ski-trail-groomer, woodworker, hydroelectric engineer, and philosopher-decided to write down everything he'd learned that he thought was worth knowing, and the result was this collection of essays both humorous and astute.

Porter, who believes in Socrates' dictum ""The unexamined life is not worth living,"" combines the contemplative spirit of fellow New Englander Henry David Thoreau with the get-it-done spirit of a true Vermonter, and tackles subjects from training oxen to reading the classics, with forays into the joys of working with your hands, the struggles of maintaining a marriage, and trying to understand the how and why of it all.

Concrete and Culture is a warm, sometimes rambling but always insightful and entertaining read for anyone interested in pondering the ingredients of a well-lived life."
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Imprint:   Bar Nothing Books
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   531g
ISBN:   9780998770901
ISBN 10:   0998770906
Pages:   464
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robby Porter lives in Vermont. He has worked as a furniture designer and builder, carpenter, solar electric installer, snow groomer, and hydroelectric plant operator.

Reviews for Concrete and Culture

When you hear that a book is a collection of thoughts a man wrote down for his kids to read one day, what comes to mind is something this book is not. It does not present as a grab bag of fatherly life lessons, though the voice of hard experience is there. ... Think of it as a treasure hunt ... in the fine company of a crazily-multi-talented individual - a Vermont farm raised, college educated, craftsman-philosopher who can dissect the workings of Wall Street as handily as he can build a gorgeous piece of furniture or drop an old wooden barn silo and knock out a couple of nifty saunas from the reclaimed wood. - Ricka McNaughton


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