Barns is your ticket to delving into the fascinating history of these iconic American structures. You’ll never see these unique structures the same way again!
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.