| "With wit and humor, the author deftly mixes the details of his own experience as a tradesman and...proprietor of a motorcycle repair shop with more philosophical considerations." (starred review) 04/20/2009 "...SHOP CLASS is the best self-help book that I've ever read....While doing the work of a mechanic provides intellectual challenges and the intrinsic satisfactions of completing problems from start to finish, Crawford knows that working in the trades is seen as déclassé and too limiting for a college graduate. And then he goes on to show how stupid that viewpoint is." - Michael Agger 05/19/2009 "SHOP CLASS AS SOULCRAFT is a beautiful little book about human excellence and the way it is undervalued in contemporary America." - Francis Fukuyama 06/07/2009 "SHOP CLASS AS SOUL CRAFT....[is] a philosophical manifesto for a dawning age: an ode to old-fashioned hard work, and an argument that localism can help cure our spiritual and economic woes." - Kelefa Sanneh 06/22/2009 "[A]t its best, the book is both impassioned and profound....Crawford...offers narrative descriptions of some of his obsessive repair projects -- including cameos by a parade of interesting dudes -- which make concrete his themes." - Christopher Shea 06/21/2009 | 
