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Barns of Connecticut /Markham Starr.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-303598

Description

156 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm., "The book discusses the importance of barns, past and present, to agriculture across our state and offers a lovely introduction to the architectural and functional roles these structures played in early Connecticut. (...) From the earliest colonial structures to the low steel buildings of modern dairy farms, barns have adopted to meet the needs of each generation; they've stored wheat, hay, and tobacco, and housed farm animals and dairy cows."--Jacket flap.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Barns
Barns.

Originator

Starr, Markham.

Publisher Series

Garnet books
Garnet books.

Description

156 pages : illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
"The book discusses the importance of barns, past and present, to agriculture across our state and offers a lovely introduction to the architectural and functional roles these structures played in early Connecticut. (...) From the earliest colonial structures to the low steel buildings of modern dairy farms, barns have adopted to meet the needs of each generation; they've stored wheat, hay, and tobacco, and housed farm animals and dairy cows."--Jacket flap.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (page 161)) and index.

ISBN

9780819574039 (cloth : alk. paper)
0819574031 (cloth : alk. paper)

Call Number

Stacks NA8230.S73 2013

Material Type

Pictorial works.

Places

Connecticut
Connecticut.

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