Stephen Philbrick is an American author

Author

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, poet

Poet

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, and minister. As the son of Charles Horace Philbrick and the father of Frank Philbrick

Frank Philbrick

Frank Philbrick is a former professional baseball player turned carpenter and author. Philbrick co-authored his first book, The Backyard Lumberjack, alongside his father, Stephen Philbrick, in 2006....

, he is the linchpin of the Philbrick

Philbrick

*George A. Philbrick of George A. Philbrick Researches pioneered the commercial production of the operational amplifier.The Philbrick family has a strong New England literary tradition. Each of the members listed below was educated at Brown University and has been published:* Nathaniel Philbrick*...

 literary family. Philbrick was graduated from Brown University in 1971, but now lives in Windsor, Massachusetts

Windsor, Massachusetts

Windsor is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 875 at the 2000 census.-History:...

. Philbrick is the minister of the West Cummington Congregational Church, which burned to the ground in 2010.

Books by Stephen Philbrick

• The Backyard Lumberjack: The Ultimate Guide to Felling, Bucking, Splitting & Stacking. Frank Philbrick and Stephen Philbrick. North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, LLC, 2006. ISBN 1580176518
• Three. Stephen Philbrick. Adastra Press, 2003. ISBN 093856692X
• No Goodbye. Stephen Philbrick. Smith, 1997. ISBN 0912292687
• Up to the Elbow. Stephen Philbrick. Adastra Press, 1997. ISBN 0938566768