
Barn
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Strong-timbered barns are icons of American agriculture, harboring multilayered stories from their floors to their rafters. Barn reveals the compelling history of barns from colonial times, examining how immigrants adapted traditional designs from their home countries to the American landscape.
It guides the reader on a tour of different kinds of barns, showing how construction materials, cultural influences, function, and style have given rise to their extraordinary variety. The reader will also learn about barn preservation, barns in pop culture and mythology, elements of barn style, and barn construction.
Barn is filled with fascinating facts about barns:
How did barns change with westward expansion?
Why are barns red?
What effect did immigration have on styles of barns in America?
How did barn architecture change according to geography?
What elements of style emerged on barns?
Barn idioms abound (e.g., He can't hit the broad side of a barn door!); Where did they come from?
What is a "poetry barn"?
and much more!
A comprehensive treatment of barns in the American landscape, this book is rich with fascinating details and beautiful photography. Swing open those big barn doors, and find out why barns continue to embody the heart of the American farm.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE: THE CLASSIC BARNS IN OUR HEARTS
- 1 | THE ENGLISH BARN
- 2 | THE BANK BARN
- 3 | THE PRAIRIE BARN
- 4 | THE DUTCH BARN
- 5 | THE ROUND BARN
- 6 | SPECIALTY BARNS
- Silos
- Crib Barns
- Granaries
- Corn Cribs
- Tobacco Barns
- Threshing Barns
- Animal Barns
- 7 | THE DECLINE AND RETURN OF CLASSIC BARNS
- Barns in Ruin
- Preserving and Restoring Barns
- Restoring and Reusing Barns
- The Classic Barn in Today's Sustainable Farm
- 8 | BARNS IN OUR HEARTS AND CULTURE
- Barns in Popular Culture
- Barns as Tourist Destinations
- Decorative Art in Barns
- Cupolas, Weathervanes, and Barn Birds
- Barn Quilts
- EPILOGUE
- GLOSSARY
- RESOURCES AND WEBSITES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- PHOTO CREDITS
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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