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A Splintered History of Wood
Spike Carlsen
Belt Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats
Collins
September 2008
On Sale: August 26, 2008
432 pages
ISBN: 0061373567
EAN: 9780061373565
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In a world without wood, we might not be here at all.
Without wood, we wouldn't have had the fire, heat, and
shelter that allowed us to expand into the colder regions
of the planet. If civilization somehow did develop, our
daily lives still would be vastly different: there would be
no violins, baseball bats, chopsticks, or wine corks. The
book you are now holding wouldn't exist. At the same time, many of us are removed from the world
where wood is shaped and celebrated every day. That world
is inhabited by a unique assortment of eccentric craftsmen
and passionate enthusiasts who have created some of the
world's most beloved musical instruments, feared weapons,
dazzling architecture, sacred relics, and bizarre forms of
transportation. In A Splintered History of Wood, Spike
Carlsen has uncovered the most outlandish characters and
examples, from world-champion chainsaw carvers to blind
woodworkers, the Miraculous Staircase to the Lindbergh
kidnapping case, and many more, in a passionate and
personal exploration of nature's greatest gift.
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