Ken Kern

'''Ken Kern''' was a builder and author who devoted himself to aiding owner-builders, and believed strongly in living on the land. He lived outside of North Fork, California at the time of his death and lived for many years on a self-built homestead outside Oakhurst, California<ref>{{cite book | last = Landis | first = Scott | title = The Workshop Book | publisher = Taunton Press | year = 1998 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/workshopbook00land/page/34 34] | url = https://archive.org/details/workshopbook00land| url-access = registration | quote = Ken Kern -Ken Kern. | isbn = 1-56158-271-9}}</ref><ref>Mother Earth News 1 November 1971 http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/1971-11-01/The-Owner-Built-Home-and-Homestead.aspx#ixzz1IKqZmhGQ</ref>

Despite being an experienced builder and proponent of earth sheltering, Kern was killed when an earth roof he designed collapsed on him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roy |first1=Robert L |title=Earth-sheltered houses: how to build an affordable underground home |date=2006 |publisher=New Society |isbn=9780865715219 |pages=17–18 |oclc=959772584 |language=English}}</ref>

==Written works== Writings by Kern include: * ''The Owner-Built Home'' * ''The Owner-Built Homestead'' * ''The Owner-Built Pole Frame House'' * ''The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built Home'' * ''The Owner Builder & the Code: Politics of Building'' * ''The Work Book: Personal Politics of Building Your Home'' * ''The Healthy House: An Owner-Builders Guide to Biological Building'' * ''Ken Kern's Homestead Workshop'' * ''Ken Kern's Stone Masonry'' * ''Ken Kern's Masonry Stove'' * ''Fireplaces''

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