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Title: Sermons in Stone Condition: New Subtitle: The Stone Walls of New England and New York Author: Susan Allport Format: Paperback Type: Paperback ISBN-10: 1581571658 EAN: 9781581571653 ISBN: 9781581571653 Edition: Second Edition Publisher: Countryman Press Inc. Genre: Home Garden & Pets Topic: Architecture & Antiques Release Date: 31/08/2012 Description: 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 Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 193mm Item Length: 155mm Item Width: 18mm Item Weight: 257g Release Year: 2012 Missing Information?
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