A Home Called New England: A Celebration of Hearth and History

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Author: Culpepper, Steve

Brand: Globe Pequot Press

Edition: Illustrated

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 15-11-2017

Details: Here is the sweep of life in the flinty corner called New England, where Protestant outcasts started from scratch on rocky land surrounded by mountains and cold shoreline. Through their work and devotion New England grew into the most industrious, innovative, reserved, and literature-producing area of the United States. Roam its cities, villages and farms, visit its churches, factories, graveyards, and look inside its unique houses that, anywhere at any time, are subtle symbols of a civilization. From the crude, earliest post-medieval houses, to refined Georgian, through Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, Italianate, Empire, Stick Style, Queen Anne, Modern, Colonial Revival, and to the present, follow the evolution of the people, the styles, and the substance of New England.

EAN: 9781493018468

Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.2 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English

A Home Called New England: A Celebration of Hearth and History

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Description

Author: Culpepper, Steve

Brand: Globe Pequot Press

Edition: Illustrated

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 15-11-2017

Details: Here is the sweep of life in the flinty corner called New England, where Protestant outcasts started from scratch on rocky land surrounded by mountains and cold shoreline. Through their work and devotion New England grew into the most industrious, innovative, reserved, and literature-producing area of the United States. Roam its cities, villages and farms, visit its churches, factories, graveyards, and look inside its unique houses that, anywhere at any time, are subtle symbols of a civilization. From the crude, earliest post-medieval houses, to refined Georgian, through Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic, Italianate, Empire, Stick Style, Queen Anne, Modern, Colonial Revival, and to the present, follow the evolution of the people, the styles, and the substance of New England.

EAN: 9781493018468

Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 8.2 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English

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