The Gypsy Carpenter Diaries is an accounting of the author's adventures from, at the age of five being talked into jumping off the barn roof, to first experiencing the wonders of indoor plumbing, to his service during Vietnam, and continues throughout his glorious forty-year career as a carpenter/builder around the US, Canada and even Hawaii. The tales include escaping to Canada from hit men, practicing for a month just to make sure they had John's birthday party perfect, Ernie's migration from Germany after world war 2 and creating his own version of the American dream, to the airlines...