A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder

At a critical time in his life, Michael Pollan, the author of the award-winning "Second Nature: A Gardener's Education", decided he wanted to build a small wooden hut in the woods near his Connecticut home. This absorbing narrative recounts Pollan's construction project, taking readers on a tour of the centuries of wisdom and philosophy that inform the buildings in which we live. 352 pp. Local author publicity. BDD ONLINE feature. 20,000 print.