Author: Gervase Wheeler
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Homes for the People, in Suburb and Country
Author: Gervase Wheeler
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The Knickerbocker
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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The Knickerbacker
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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The American Porch
Author: Michael Dolan
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504090470
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The former American History editor explores the creation and restoration of an essential part of a twentieth-century home’s identity—the American porch. “In this delightful look at an American icon, journalist and documentary scriptwriter . . . Dolan traces the history of the porch, using this history to explore subjects such as architecture, history, slavery, colonialism, trade, anthropology, sociology, consumer behavior, and publishing.” —Library Journal In 1981, Michael Dolan and his wife, Eileen O’Toole, bought a 1926 suburban bungalow in the Palisades area of Washington, DC. It was a fixer-upper and DIY project that consumed their lives for twelve years. As rooms were transformed with updated electrical wiring and plumbing, the house’s porch became a storage area, rotating appliances, furniture, and construction materials as they were used and discarded. After the interior renovation was completed, Michael finally turned his attention to the porch, working with contractors to resurrect it—a reconstruction that inspired him to uncover the history of porches and their significance as a symbolic piece of Americana. “In praise of the porch: Come up and sit a spell.” —USA Today “A wry, well-researched look at the place and the people who rocked, talked and courted on [the American porch] for three centuries.” —Parade “The porch is making a comeback, gradually replacing its humbler rival the deck, which the traditionalist Dolan refers to as the platform shoe or leisure suit of American architecture.” —Time “Dolan amply demonstrates that the porch is primarily a means of escaping the heat and, almost as important, a locus for casual social interaction.” —Publishers Weekly
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504090470
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
The former American History editor explores the creation and restoration of an essential part of a twentieth-century home’s identity—the American porch. “In this delightful look at an American icon, journalist and documentary scriptwriter . . . Dolan traces the history of the porch, using this history to explore subjects such as architecture, history, slavery, colonialism, trade, anthropology, sociology, consumer behavior, and publishing.” —Library Journal In 1981, Michael Dolan and his wife, Eileen O’Toole, bought a 1926 suburban bungalow in the Palisades area of Washington, DC. It was a fixer-upper and DIY project that consumed their lives for twelve years. As rooms were transformed with updated electrical wiring and plumbing, the house’s porch became a storage area, rotating appliances, furniture, and construction materials as they were used and discarded. After the interior renovation was completed, Michael finally turned his attention to the porch, working with contractors to resurrect it—a reconstruction that inspired him to uncover the history of porches and their significance as a symbolic piece of Americana. “In praise of the porch: Come up and sit a spell.” —USA Today “A wry, well-researched look at the place and the people who rocked, talked and courted on [the American porch] for three centuries.” —Parade “The porch is making a comeback, gradually replacing its humbler rival the deck, which the traditionalist Dolan refers to as the platform shoe or leisure suit of American architecture.” —Time “Dolan amply demonstrates that the porch is primarily a means of escaping the heat and, almost as important, a locus for casual social interaction.” —Publishers Weekly
Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature; being a classified list of books, in all departments of Literature and Science, published in the United States of America during the last forty years. With an introduction, notes, three appendices and an index
Author: Nicolas Trübner
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Building Power
Author: Anna Vemer Andrzejewski
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572336315
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Introduction -- Discipline -- Efficiency -- Hierarchy -- Fellowship -- Conclusion.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572336315
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Introduction -- Discipline -- Efficiency -- Hierarchy -- Fellowship -- Conclusion.
Biographical Guide to American Literature
Author: Nicolas Trübner
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Trübner's Bibliographical Guide to American Literature
Author: Nicolas Trübner
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Bibliographical Guide to American Literature ...
Author: Nicolas Trübner
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Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Publisher and Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 962
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.