{"product_id":"texas-log-buildings-a-folk-architecture-paperback-softback-9780292780514","title":"Texas Log Buildings; A Folk Architecture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292780514","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTexas Log Buildings\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Folk Architecture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTerry G. Jordan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292780514\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 November 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.1 x 17.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSo well written that it will appeal not only to folklorists and architectural historians but also to anyone who has ever stopped the car on a Sunday afternoon and walked across a pasture to look at an old house.\u003c\/div\u003e (Dallas Morning News) \u003cdiv\u003eWhat is undoubtedly one of the most important books in recent years on Old West architecture . . . will cause many a reader to dream of owning his or her own log cabin far from the bustle of civilization.\u003c\/div\u003e (Frontier Times) \u003cdiv\u003e. . . will bring a new awareness of a vanishing type of architecture and a fresh appreciation of the surviving log structures.\u003c\/div\u003e (Houston Post)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the Second Paperback PrintingAcknowledgments1. A Regional Folk Architecture 2. The Origin \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Diffusion of Log Folk Architecture3. Raising a Log Wall4. Corner Notching5. Construction of Floors, Roofs, \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Chimneys6. Log Dwelling Types \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Floorplans7. Log Public Buildings8. Rural Log Outbuildings9. Texas Log Culture RegionsAppendices1. A List of Texas Restoration Projects Open to the Public That Include Log Structures2. A List of Replicas or Reconstructions of Log Buildings in TexasNotesGlossary of Log Construction Terms Encountered in TexasBibliography Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530887524632,"sku":"9780292780514","price":24.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/texas-log-buildings-a-folk-architecture-paperback-softback-9780292780514","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}