| Building with Logs: Western Log Construction in Context Contributor(s): Attebery, Jennifer Eastman (Author) |
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ISBN: 0893012084 ISBN-13: 9780893012083 Publisher: Caxton Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1998 Annotation: Dr. Attebery delineates the influences upon cabin construction from multiple perspectives. Beginning with the assertion that the log home is more than a representative of the Western settlement, the author explores how different factions of pioneers brought distinct structural and stylistic elements to their buildings. Throughout the text, she writes with a native Idahoan's sense of intimacy with the familiar icon, blending in scholarly inquiry in such a way as to expand the contextual relevance of the cabin into anthropological, environmental, and folkloric realms. Sharp photographs and detailed tables make Building with Logs a rich collection of data contributing to a clearer understanding of the West itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General - Architecture | History - General - Architecture | Buildings - Residential |
| Dewey: 694 |
| LCCN: 97-29660 |
| Series: Northwest Folklife |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 7.3" W x 9.1" (1.00 lbs) 147 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mountains - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Idaho |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Addresses aspects of the New Western History by exploring how the log cabin myth is part of the larger myth of the Frontier West. This title argues that scholars interested in understanding log construction must look beyond the myth for evidence of the log cabin's particular meanings within the communities that used log buildings in Idaho. |