Connecticut Valley Vernacular: The Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields

by James F. O'Gorman

"Little by little the gap grows larger and larger between people and their roots. Western life now plays out far from its origins in nature and history. Think of this essay as a pause in that on-rushing existence."--From the Introduction

A traveler along the banks of the Connecticut River will be struck by the number of long low sheds rising from the fields as if they are an extension of the landscape. A building type shaped by necessity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081223670X
• ISBN13: 9780812236705
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.1" x 9.2"