Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York

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Author: Allport, Susan

Brand: Countryman Press

Edition: Second

Features:

  • Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: paperback

Format: illustrated

Number Of Pages: 208

Release Date: 17-09-2012

Details: A well-written, fascinating contribution to the region's social and economic ―Boston Magazine What do we actually know about stone walls? about the people who built them, and why? Stone walls are not simply monuments to the skill of Yankee farmers. The historical record makes clear that many were built by slaves, Indians, indentured servants, and children. Sermons in Stone is the surprising and illuminating history of the walls, a story that begins in the Ice Age and that has been shaped by the fencing dilemmas of the nineteenth century, by conflicts between Native Americans and colonists over land use, by American waves of immigration and suburbanization. "Who would think that a history of that humble workaday structure, the stone wall, would be so full of the fascinating, the peculiar, the downright eccentric? But here it is, laid out in a sprightly style and beautifully illustrated by the ink drawings of David Howell." ―Dallas Morning News 47

EAN: 9781581571653

Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches

Languages: English

Sermons in Stone: The Stone Walls of New England and New York

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    Description

    Author: Allport, Susan

    Brand: Countryman Press

    Edition: Second

    Features:

    • Used Book in Good Condition

    Binding: paperback

    Format: illustrated

    Number Of Pages: 208

    Release Date: 17-09-2012

    Details: A well-written, fascinating contribution to the region's social and economic ―Boston Magazine What do we actually know about stone walls? about the people who built them, and why? Stone walls are not simply monuments to the skill of Yankee farmers. The historical record makes clear that many were built by slaves, Indians, indentured servants, and children. Sermons in Stone is the surprising and illuminating history of the walls, a story that begins in the Ice Age and that has been shaped by the fencing dilemmas of the nineteenth century, by conflicts between Native Americans and colonists over land use, by American waves of immigration and suburbanization. "Who would think that a history of that humble workaday structure, the stone wall, would be so full of the fascinating, the peculiar, the downright eccentric? But here it is, laid out in a sprightly style and beautifully illustrated by the ink drawings of David Howell." ―Dallas Morning News 47

    EAN: 9781581571653

    Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches

    Languages: English

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