Texas Log Buildings: A Folk Architecture
Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0292780516
ISBN13:9780292780514
Release Date:November 1994
Publisher:University of Texas Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 7.0" x 10.1"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Texas Log Buidlings - A Must for rural Texas history buffs
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins. "So well written that it will appeal not only to folklorists and architectural historians but also to anyone who has ever stopped the car on a Sunday afternoon and walked across a pasture to look at an old house." -- Dallas Morning News "What is undoubtedly one of the most important books in recent years on Old West architecture . . . will cause many a reader to dream of owning his or her own log cabin far from the bustle of civilization." -- Frontier Times ." . . will bring a new awareness of a vanishing type of architecture and a fresh appreciation of the surviving log structures." -- Houston Post
Tx Log Buildings--excellent resource
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
I was a student of Dr. Jordan's at UT Austin in his Geography of Texas class. His lectures on Texas are as good, as I have found out, as his writings. Recommend to anyone interested in the rural history of Texas
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