If I Had a Hammer, David Rubel
If I Had a Hammer, David Rubel
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If I Had a Hammer
Stories of Building Homes and Hope with Habitat for Humanity

Author: David Rubel, Jimmy Carter

Narrator: Dan John Miller

Unabridged: 3 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/24/2010


Synopsis

For a quarter century in more than ninety countries, Habitat for Humanity has built homes with and for the people who are most in need of them, aided by more than a million volunteers—two of the most devoted of whom are former president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.In this captivating look at Habitat from the inside out:• Listen to personal accounts from volunteers and homeowners about building Habitat homes
• Learn of the physical challenges Habitat faces due to climate, available building materials, and resources at building sites around the world
• Understand how Habitat for Humanity offers a “hand up, not a hand out” to people in need“This is an inspiring book, telling how ideas starting on a little farm in Georgia have grown to a worldwide movement bringing people together.” —Pete Seeger, songwriter

About David Rubel

David Rubel is the author of the Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Presidents and Their Times and the Scholastic Atlas of the United States. He lives in Chatham, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sara

"What the poor need is not charity but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a wise, honorable, and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance." -Clarence Jordan "Civilization flourishes when great men and women plant trees under the shade of which they will......more

Goodreads review by Sandy

Kind of a PSA for Habitat for Humanity, but an interesting, touching, and inspiraing read nonetheless. The books reads kind of like an extended magazine article, with tons of quotes from the people who have worked on Habitat projects and whose lives have been touched by the experience.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

The story behind Habatit for Humanity. Charleston, WV and story of local Kanawha Valley affilitate mentioned. Inspirational, educational, good read.......more