Wooden Churches: A Celebration

by Rick Bragg

Book Overview

Though usually plain, sometimes humble, wooden churches are something special. With no fancy accoutrements - the flying buttresses, the mountains of organ pipe, the marble floors, the windows of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156512233X
• ISBN13: 9781565122338
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Bragg

I bought this book to countinue my Mom's collection of Rick Bragg. She seems to be enjoying the inside story of Rick Bragg and the way he tells his story's.I thought the pitcher's were very interresting

Nostalgic! Inspirational!

I originally bought this book because Rick Bragg wrote the introduction to it. It goes without saying that his intro alone is worth the price of the book. But I was also elated to rediscover avenues of reading to follow. Accompanying the marvelous photos are excerpts from literary icons. Doris Betts, Richard Wright, Ferroll Sams, Flannery O'Connor; they're all there and more! Could their works have been as memorable without the presense of old wooden churches as living, breathing characters? I found myself making a list of these writers that I suddenly longed to reread. This book is a must have for anyone who loves southern writing and black and white photography. But, it would make a great gift for absolutely anyone! The pictures are addicting, the texts, mesmerising! You will smile, cry, yearn for, and remember when you look at this book. Buy it!

Beautiful

The combination of stunning photography and memorable prose in this book makes it an excellent choice for anyone interested in churches, history, simple architecture, or words. It is a joy both to look at and to read.