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Author | : Robert Thorson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 307 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802719201 |
Download Stone by Stone Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. They took three billion man-hours to build. And even though most are crumbling today, they contain a magnificent scientific and cultural story-about the geothermal forces that formed their stones, the tectonic movements that brought them to the surface, the glacial tide that broke them apart, the earth that held them for so long, and about the humans who built them. Stone walls layer time like Russian dolls, their smallest elements reflecting the longest spans, and Thorson urges us to study them, for each stone has its own story. Linking geological history to the early American experience, Stone by Stone presents a fascinating picture of the land the Pilgrims settled, allowing us to see and understand it with new eyes.
Author | : Robert Thorson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2009-05-26 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0802719260 |
Download Exploring Stone Walls Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The only field guide to stone walls in the Northeast. Exploring Stone Walls is like being in Thorson's geology classroom, as he presents the many clues that allow you to determine any wall's history, age, and purpose. Thorson highlights forty-five places to see interesting and noteworthy walls, many of which are in public parks and preserves, from Acadia National Park in Maine to the South Fork of Long Island. Visit the tallest stone wall (Cliff Walk in Newport, Rhode Island), the most famous (Robert Frost's mending wall in Derry, New Hampshire), and many more. This field guide will broaden your horizons and deepen your appreciation of New England's rural history.
Author | : John Vivian |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 2014-10-24 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 1612123724 |
Download Building Stone Walls Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Rustic and charming or stately and proud, a well-built stone wall can add personality and beauty to your property. John Vivian’s lively approach and step-by-step instructions encourage you to transform a pile of rocks into an enduring landscape feature with gates, retaining walls, or stiles to suit your needs. Whatever unique challenges come with your site — poor drainage, sloping ground, or low-quality rubble material — Vivian offers innovative designs and reproducible methods to help you build a beautiful, long-lasting wall.
Author | : Pat McAfee |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781847172341 |
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Number One Bestseller A unique history and 'how to' book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The Irish countryside is a patchwork of over 250,000 miles of stone wall. Built from local stone according to the style of each region - dry stone in the West and the Mourne mountains or mortar elsewhere - these walls are an intrinsic part of the landscape. This unique guide by expert stone mason Pat McAfee covers the history of this ancient tradition, giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions on constructing, conserving and repairing stone walls of all types - whether dry stone or mortar. It includes: History of stone in Ireland How to build dry stone and mortar walls Basic and more advanced techniques Dos and don'ts of repair work Appropriate conservation methods
Author | : Mariana Ruth Cook |
Publisher | : Grafiche Damiani |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9788862081696 |
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"Far from being a travelogue, these beautiful black-and-white photographs portray the wall in landscape, the wall as abstract form, and the return of rocks to nature. Cook is fascinated with the juxtaposition of stones and geometric composition, as well as with the resonance betweens walls of different cultures. The walls photographed range from 1600 BC to the present time. With a tribute from Wendell Berry and essays providing a context for the walls of each region, this collection captures something fundamental about the relationship of human beings to the land."--P. [2] of dust jacket.
Author | : Susan Allport |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1994-08 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780393312027 |
Download Sermons in Stone Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 1871 there were 252,539 miles of stone walls in New England and New York enough to circle the earth ten times.
Author | : Carolyn Murray-Wooley |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2014-07-11 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0813147794 |
Download Rock Fences of the Bluegrass Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Gray rock fences built of ancient limestone are hallmarks of Kentucky's Bluegrass landscape. Why did Kentucky farmers turn to rock as fence-building material when most had earlier used hardwood rails? Who were the masons responsible for Kentucky's lovely rock fences and what are the different rock forms used in this region? In this generously illustrated book, Carolyn Murray-Wooley and Karl Raitz address those questions and explore the background of Kentucky's rock fences, the talent and skill of the fence masons, and the Irish and Scottish models they followed in their work. They also correct inaccurate popular perceptions about the fences and use census data and archival documents to identify the fence masons and where they worked. As the book reveals, the earliest settlers in Kentucky built dry-laid fences around eighteenth-century farmsteads, cemeteries, and mills. Fence building increased dramatically during the nineteenth century so that by the 1880s rock fences lined most roads, bounded pastures and farmyards throughout the Bluegrass. Farmers also built or commissioned rock fences in New England, the Nashville Basin, and the Texas hill country, but the Bluegrass may have had the most extensive collection of quarried rock fences in North America. This is the first book-length study on any American fence type. Filled with detailed fence descriptions, an extensive list of masons' names, drawings, photographs, and a helpful glossary, it will appeal to folklorists, historians, geographers, architects, landscape architects, and masons, as well as general readers intrigued by Kentucky's rock fences.
Author | : Rob Gallagher |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780764330568 |
Download Building Dry-Stack Stone Walls Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A dry-stack stonewall is a project that almost anyone can build, and it will last well over a century if built correctly. Like most projects, knowing all of the steps involved is critical to ensure a safe and solid job. This book provides thorough, step-by-step procedures for three projects using stones of various sizes from the smallest all the way up to boulders, with a focus on a safe work environment. Learn a system for planning a project, and proceed through all the steps required to completion. A gallery of wall images will inspire you to start stacking.
Author | : Helen Keller |
Publisher | : New York : The Century Company |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kristie Thorson |
Publisher | : Tilbury House Nature Book |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001-08-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780884482291 |
Download Stone Wall Secrets (Tilbury House Nature Book) Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
As he and his grandson walk along the stone walls surrounding his New England farm, an old man shares stories about the geologic history of the stones as well as some of the memories they hold for him.