Outhouse Books

Here are the outhouse books I own, with my comments on them.

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The Specialist by Charles (Chic) Sale, 1929. It's quite easy to find, and really hysterical!

Gems of American Architecture by William Royal Greer, 1935. This booklet was an advertising giveaway, and it's a hoot. Also easy to find.

Outhouses by Londie G Padelsky, 1998. I have her matching book of postcards you can tear out and mail, and the photography is really great.

Nature Calls - the History, Lore, and Charm of Outhouses
by Dottie Booth, 1998. A must have - enteraining to read and beautifully photographed. There is also a matching jigsaw puzzle out there.

Outhouse Humor by Billy Edd Wheeler, 1988. He wrote the song "Ode to the little brown shack out back". I've never heard it, but I want to! Short and amusing read.

My Folks - Back To The Basics By Michele Webb, 1994. This is a collection of letters from people telling their memories. Some letters had me in tears - it's one you can't help but read out loud to everyone. Make sure you read this with people who understand your interests in peculiar subjects...

Going Abroad
by Eva Newman, 1997. Although this isn't technically an outhouse book, it's about how to use bathrooms in other countries. No challenge, you say? You've never traveled outside of the USA!!! I wish I had this book before I got stationed in Korea!!!

Temples of Convenience and Chambers of Delight by Lucinda Lambton, 1995. This book is positively opulant! I've never seen such gorgeous toilets in my life. It would be a shame to use them. Some outhouses, some chamber pots, some outhouses.

The Vanishing American Outhouse by Ronald S. Barlow, 1992. This is the absolute authoritative must-have for the outhouse afficianado. It's now back in print after a tragic pause.

Outhouses of the East by Sherman Hines and Ray Guy, 1978. Pretty photos - no real "meat and potatoes", but nice photos.

<The Outhouse Revisited by Sherman Hines and Don Harron, 1996. Again, nice photos, cute captions.

Johns - The Outhouse Beautiful by Frank O'Beirne, 1952. Classic 1950's graphic illustrations on futuristic and fantasy outhouses. This is a riot! I love this book!

The Outhouse Book by Wayne Allred and David Mechan, 1997. Great humorous stories and cartoon.

An Outhouse By Any Other Name by Thomas G. Harding, 1999. Super photos with great quotes.

Anxieties In The Outhouse by R. Eugene Wallace, 2002. The Diarya of an Appalachian Man.