My Own Four Walls

Don Rose was a leading American newspaper columnist in the middle of the last century, first for Philadelphia Ledger and then for The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. His daily column “Stuff and Nonsense” took a lighthearted look at a wide range of topics. Neil Genzlinger has been a writer and editor at The Central Maine Morning Sentinel, The Hartford Courant, The Washington Post and The New York Times. He lives in Plainsboro, New Jersey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface by Neil GenzlingerMy Own Four Walls by Don RoseI.Of the Landed GentryII.Where’s the Fire?III.O Rare Ben Yerkes!IV.In the Pennypack ValleyV.On Armistice Day, 1918VI.Be the Same More or LessVII.Stretching a ShoestringVIII.My House Is HauntedIX.Hands Are for HandicraftsX.Curing the Smoking HabitXI.Cobwebs on the ClassicsXII.What Am I Bid?XIII. Why Wives Leave HomeXIV.Handy Man Around the HouseXV.Bricks Are So PlentifulXVI.Are You a Mason?XVII.Laid on with a TrowelXVIII.A Garden of Good IntentionsXIX.The Care and Feeding of CarrotsXX.The Gentleman FarmerXXI.Confessions of a FundamentalistXXII.I Shall Miss My DebtsXXIII.Est Mihi Rus MinimumIndex

“In this humorous memoir, first published in 1941, [Rose] describes buying and repairing an old farmhouse with his wife and 12 children”—ProtoView.