- Paperback: 151 pages
- Publisher: Wisconsin Trails; Rev Sub edition (October 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0915024489
- ISBN-13: 978-0915024483
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.3 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
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Barns should be read by every farm buff in the country, as well as those who do not yet qualify. -- Richard Perrin, Wisconsin Academy Reivew
This book is for barn buffs -- a delightful way to learn about barns in the comfort of an armchair. -- Prairie Farmer
This excellent pictorial history focuses on barns as the center and symbol of pre-World War II Midwestern farming. -- American Library Association
This book is for barn buffs -- a delightful way to learn about barns in the comfort of an armchair. -- Prairie Farmer
This excellent pictorial history focuses on barns as the center and symbol of pre-World War II Midwestern farming. -- American Library Association
Book Description
In this new edition of his classic book, award-winning author Jerry Apps shares a unique perspective on the great barns of rural Wisconsin. Digging deep as both an enthusiast and a farmer, Apps reaps a story of change: from the earliest pioneer structures to the low steel buildings of modern dairy farms, barns have adapted to meet the needs of each generation. They’ve housed wheat, tobacco, potatoes, and dairy cows, and they display the optimism, ingenuity, hard work, and practicality of the people who tend land and livestock.
Featuring more than 100 stunning full-color photographs by Steve Apps, plus dozens of historic images, Barns of Wisconsin illuminates a vanishing way of life. The book explores myriad barn designs—from rectangular to round, from gable roof to gambrel, from fieldstone to wood—always with an eye to the history and craftsmanship of the Norwegians, Germans, Swiss, Finns, and others who built and used them. Barns of Wisconsin captures both the iconic and the unique, including historic and noteworthy barns, and discusses the disappearance of barns from our landscape and preservation efforts to save these important symbols of American agriculture.
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A top pick for anyone else fascinated by these monuments to agriculture, Aug 12 2010
By Midwest Book Review - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Barns of Wisconsin (Revised Edition) (Hardcover)
Barns have become more than functional buildings, they've become symbols of pride. "Barns of Wisconsin" delves into the history and style of Wisconsin's barns that have been built through the centuries and the reverence they have gained from barn aficionados. With plenty of black and white and full color photography, Jerry and Steve Apps give a fine history of brand and other things, making "Barns of Wisconsin" a top pick for anyone else fascinated by these monuments to agriculture.
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Complete Book of Wisconsin Barns, Jan 2 2011
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I gave this book to my father for Christmas. Barns/Hobby Farming is one of his passions, and he loved the book. He had already seen/heard about many of the barns covered in the book, and was really pleased with the literature and the photos. I recommend it to anyone interested in barns.
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The barn comes alive through this book!, Mar 31 2012
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This review is from: Barns of Wisconsin (Revised Edition) (Hardcover)
I am a foreigner in Wisconsin. Barns have always had a sense of mystery to me, they were these beautiful and giant buildings scattered around the beautiful countryside of Wisconsin, and were imposing in every respect, but beyond that I had little understanding of them.I first saw this book at one of the store fronts in a building managed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. After yearning to buy this book for a long time, but not knowing if I will read this, or if it will be worth the money, I finally caved in.
The book lived up to and over my expectations. It immortalises the barns through numerous pictures both taken by the authors as well as ones from other sources including the Wisconsin historical society. But the book is not just pictures. It provides A LOT OF INFORMATION about the barns, their history, their unique features, their construction, their uses, information about silos, corn-cribs, barn restoration efforts, noteworthy barns in Wisconsin etc, and is as much a treatise on the history of country living and a comprehensive work on barns. I know so much about a barn today, can tell the style from the roof, is drawn to the materials of construction, the silo, and overall have a holistic understanding, and an immense sense of appreciation for the barn, exclusively thanks to this book.
I highly recommend it. It is well worth the time and the money!! And I bow my head in respect to Jerry Apps for compiling this work !!
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