Little and often : a memoir / Trent Preszler.
The founder of Preszler Woodshop discusses his long-time estrangement from his father and how he overcame the grief and loss of his father's death through a carpentry project completed with inherited tools.
When his cancer-stricken father died, after years of estrangement, Preszler's only inheritance was a beat-up wooden toolbox that had belonged to his father, who was a cattle rancher, rodeo champion, and Vietnam War Bronze Star Medal recipient. Preszler did not work with his hands, but in his grief came an epiphany: he would make something with his inheritance. He decided to build a wooden canoe that he aimed to paddle on the first anniversary of his father's death. As he confronted unexpected revelations about his father's secret history-- and his own struggle for self-respect-- the canoe became his sole consolation and the means to change his life. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062976642
- ISBN: 0062976648
- Physical Description: viii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- The phone call -- First crush -- The long way home -- Thanksgiving -- The last cowboy -- Feast or famine -- Riding lessons -- Whiteout -- Thank you for your service -- House of secrets -- Duck hunting -- The unboxing -- Fewer and better -- Educated -- Preszler Workshop -- The strongback -- True to form -- Branding day -- Breaking point -- Valley of the giants -- Unexpected guests -- On, mom -- Lost and found -- Little and often makes much -- Summer by the sea -- The whiskey plank -- A party -- Rash decisions -- The hearts of men -- Ashes to ashes -- Floating. |
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Subject: | Preszler, Trent. Fathers and sons > United States > Biography. Fathers > Death. Grief. Loss (Psychology) Boatbuilding. Woodwork. |
Genre: | Autobiographies. Biography. Biographies. |
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Allentown Public Library | 306.874 PRES (Text) | 34455006872176 | Adult Nonfiction 2nd FL | Available | - |