Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Univ Pr of Kansas (1992), Edition: 1st, 308 pages
Description
Homes in the Heartland offers a captivating explanation of the revolutionary balloon frame house construction that swept across Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin from 1850 to 1920, enabling the settlers of the upper Midwest to establish frontier homes. Fred W. Peterson leads readers through the technical aspects of farmhouse construction and discusses the social, economic, and aesthetic values of these familiar homes.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
308 p.; 9.5 inches
ISBN
0700605363 / 9780700605361