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Early Stone Houses of Kentucky
Carolyn Murray-Wooley
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Description for Early Stone Houses of Kentucky
In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky on which they developed plantations. They settled the land and with their families built enduring stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. This title examines these early frontier homes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 186 photographs, 75 illustrations, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; AMKD; HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1324.
In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky on which they developed plantations. They settled the land and with their families built enduring stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. In Early Stone Houses of Kentucky, author Carolyn Murray-Wooley examines these early frontier homes as well as the people who built and lived in them. What traditions did these settlers call on to provide construction techniques and plans? How do the frontier dwellings of settlers with differing origins compare with these stone houses? Murray-Wooley looks ... Read more
In the years before the Revolutionary War, intrepid frontiersmen with roots in northern Ireland claimed vast tracts of land in Kentucky on which they developed plantations. They settled the land and with their families built enduring stone houses that became the centerpieces of their properties. In Early Stone Houses of Kentucky, author Carolyn Murray-Wooley examines these early frontier homes as well as the people who built and lived in them. What traditions did these settlers call on to provide construction techniques and plans? How do the frontier dwellings of settlers with differing origins compare with these stone houses? Murray-Wooley looks ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124797
SKU
V9780813124797
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About Carolyn Murray-Wooley
Carolyn Murray-Wooley is an architectural historian, former executive director of the Bluegrass Trust for Historic Preservation, and founder of the Dry Stone Conservancy. She has also written The Founding of Lexington, 1775-1776, and coauthored Rock Fences of the Bluegrass with Karl Raitz. She lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky.
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