"I just inhaled your book, reading it cover to cover in one sitting. It's all that I hoped it would be. Now my favorite book of yours...."
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Kevin Kelly,
Wired"Warning: Reading the book may lead to pulling up stakes and heading into the hills to claim your own half-acre homestead."
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Patrick Thomas,
San Francisco Chronicle"The King of D.I.Y. Dwellings–Before cabin porn and van life were hashtags on Instagram, before tiny houses were a movement, Mr. Kahn, now 84, was the indefatigable champion of their funky, D.I.Y. antecedents.... A memoir of sorts of this hard-won idyll, [The Half-Acre Homestead] is also a love letter to Ms. Creed, a skilled artisan and gardener whose glorious handiwork is vividly portrayed."
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Penelope Green,
The New York Times"The book is absolutely wonderful... [a] magnificent one-of-a-kind gift to us all."
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Peter Nabokov, professor at UCLA
"The whole thing is about a harmony in life that few achieve but most desire...."
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Jack Fulton, photographer
"I love the new book. It is beautiful and useful.... You've so well captured not only how your homestead looks but also its soul and spirit."
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Charlotte Mayerson, former senior editor, Random House
"It's great!"
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Bill Steen, co-author of
The Strawbale House"What a treasure!"
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Charlie Winton, musician/publisher
"Excellent photos."
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Drew Langsner, author of
Country Woodcraft