Download or read book The House with Sixteen Handmade Doors: A Tale of Architectural Choice and Craftsmanship written by Henry Petroski and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Duke University professor describes his quest to determine who built his 60-year-old house and how they did it, examining the details in the panels, walls and doors to paint a picture of the home's origins and evolution. 15,000 first printing.