Field Guide to New England Barns and Farm Buildings
- ISBN-10
- 0874517702
- ISBN-13
- 9780874517705
- Category
- Barns
- Pages
- 213
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- Thomas Durant Visser
Description
A generously illustrated handbook for identifying and understanding structures that symbolize the region's unique cultural and historical landscape.
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