Internet Archive of Old Books, Movies, etc.

Bob Gagnier has sent me a bunch of good info over the past year. The latest:

Dear Lloyd,

I am sure you have heard of the Internet Archive. I send this to you on the odd chance that you have not. The site is a treasure trove of old books, movies, music, etc., all in the public domain. A link to the site is here:

https://www.archive.org/


I saw your recent post on Sydney R. Jones and that prompted me to send this e-mail.  The book you mentioned Old English Country Cottages is available for download or you can read on line.

https://www.archive.org/details/oldenglishcountr00holmuoft

Or a beautiful old book by National Geographic on United States Mushrooms:

https://www.archive.org/details/commonmushroomso00krieuoft

Or another old book on poultry with really great old black and white illustrations:

https://www.archive.org/details/domesticpoultryb00sauniala

I have spent way too many hours on this site!

Regards,

Bob Gagnier

P.S.  Glad to see that you have recovered from your recent injuries.  You have way too many books left to write to get laid up for too long.

About Lloyd Kahn

Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include Shelter, Shelter II (1978), Home Work (2004), Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008), Tiny Homes (2012), and Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:

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