BOOKS FOR AND ABOUT
CHIMNEY SWEEPS

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FEATURED BOOK: The Last Chimney of Christmas Eve Linda Oatman High    Hard Cover, New $15.95 Published 2001 Beautifully illustrated story of Nicholas, a young chimney sweep, who has one last chimney to clean on Christmas Eve. Illustrated by Kestutis Kasparavicius

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CHIMNEY SWEEP LORE

British Chimney Sweeps: Five Centuries of Chimney Sweeps, by Benita Cullingford, 2000 - the definitive work

Chimneys and Chimney Sweeps, by Benita Cullingford, 2003, 32 pages

TECHNICAL / HOW-TO

Be Your Own Chimney Sweep, by Christopher Curtis and Donald Post, 1979

Solid Fuels Encylopedia, by Jay Shelton, 1983

Masonry Skills books, by R.T. Kreh, Sr.

Masonry Cleaning books

browse the Masonry and Concrete aisle

The Oxy-Acetylene Handbook, by Linde Air Products, various editions

Dryer Repair books by Douglas Emley

BUSINESS BUILDING

Markup and Profit: A Contractor's Guide, by Michael C. Stone, 1999

The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, by Michael E. Gerber, 2003

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, 2nd edition, by Michael E. Gerber, 1995

When the Little Things Count...and They Always Count: 601 Essential Things That Everyone in Business Needs to Know, by Barbara Pachter, 2001

The Power of Positive Confrontation: The Skills You Need to Know to Handle Conflicts at Work, at Home, and in Life, by Barbara Pachter, 2001

Guerilla Marketing books, by J. Conrad Levinson

Full Price: Competing on Value in the New Economy, by Thomas J. Winninger, 2000

The Everything Home-Based Business Book, by Jack Savage, 2000

Working for Yourself, by Phillip Namanworth & Gene Busnar, 1985

FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH

Dark Against the Sky: A Climbing Boy's Story, written and illustrated by Stephen B. Hauge, 2005

The Last Chimney of Christmas Eve, by Linda Oatman High, illustrated by Kestutis Kasparavicius, 2001

The Chimney Sweep's Ransom, by Dave Jackson, 1992

HEATING WITH WOOD

The Woodburner's Companion, by Dirk Thomas, 2004

The New Woodburner's Handbook, by Stephen Bushway, 1992

The Woodburner's Encyclopedia, by Jay Shelton, 1976

FIREPLACES, HEATERS, STOVES

Books about Count Rumford

The Book of Masonry Stoves, by David Lyle, 1997

browse the Fireplaces and Wood Stoves aisle

FICTION

The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, by Barbara Vine, 1999 - not much sweep content

MISC.

Books about Chimney Swifts, by Paul & Georgean Kyle

Coal - A Human History, by Barbara Freese, 2003

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