The Grassroots Guide to Saving What Matters
Published on 3. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
70 pages
978-1-966343-21-9 (ISBN)
Description
Nothing compares to the charm of an old home, and nothing else captures cultural ambiance like a historic building. But as time passes, more and more old structures are abandoned-or worse-torn down for new development. In this succinct yet insightful guide, preservation enthusiast Beth Yarbrough provides a layperson's roadmap through the building preservation landscape, offering salient tips to anyone looking to protect historic structures in their community.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
117 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-966343-21-9 (9781966343219)
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Person
Beth Yarbrough is a seasoned and successful veteran of the gift and home decor industries, having designed products and licensed her original artwork to the trades for more than thirty years. Expanding that reach in 2013, she launched an online brand, Southern Voice, which enjoys a large base of enthusiastic fans. With a focus on historic structures, Beth photographs and chronicles architectural history and stories of the great houses of the South from Texas to Virginia and all points in between. In 2021, she co-authored a groundbreaking book about the pirate Jean Laffite. Along with her co-writer and daughter, Ashley Oliphant, Beth sets out to investigate the legend, only to stumble upon the answer to a two-hundred-year-old mystery. Jean Laffite Revealed was published in March 2021.