Elder, Stephen

Stephen Elder has been a professor of German, carpenter, millwork installer, newspaper columnist, cabinetmaker, contractor, blogger, and home inspector. His craft can still be enjoyed in some of the finest restaurants and public buildings in Washington DC. After living in a 200-year-old log house on five acres in western Loudoun County, Virginia, where numerous conversations with the local animals formed the template for the discussions between Saint Francis and the animals in Frank. Elder moved gradually south, settling at last in Chatham County, North Carolina, where he and his wife currentl...