The Portable Dad: Fix-It Advice for When Dad's Not Around

by Steve Elliott

Overview

For college students, twentysomethings, and anyone else who keeps Dad on speed-dial for car emergencies, plumbing woes, appliance advice, and more. Take Dad's know-how with you everywhere you go! This Dad's got all the answers to all the basics, so that you can get it done and move on. He knows how to hang, unclog, patch, drill, paint, mow, lube, edge, weed, sand, pack, and more. The Portable Dad is the answer to those panicked late-night phone calls: how to keep things running, how to maintain the stuff you use, how to get by without getting in over your head. If Dad doesn't know the answer, you don't really need to do it!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786745456
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	04/07/2009
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	204
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Steve Elliott is an experienced handyman, and has been a professional writer for more than twenty years. He's coached his children through defragmenting their hard drives, checking the coolant in their cars, and installing those tricky mini blinds. He took thorough notes and shares them in his first book. He lives in the mountains of central California.

Editorial Reviews

Grouped by topic, but by no means comprehensive, this gift-type book covers simple maintenance and repair for transportation, domicile, and related topics. Experienced handyman and professional writer Elliott did not write this for the handy folks; instead, the book is aimed at the hapless needing advice for "when dad's not around." Language is purposefully plain.

—Karen Ellis

Library Journal