"Captured in these houses is a wealth of information on life in the farmlands and rural communities of the Upper Midwest. Beautifully written". -- Wisconsin Magazine of History. "An engrossing account of a fundamental episode in American history, the early settlement of the prairie. In many ways the balloon frame stands as a metaphor for that episode". -- New York Times Book Review.
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"Captured in these houses is a wealth of information on life in the farmlands and rural communities of the Upper Midwest. Beautifully written". -- Wisconsin Magazine of History. "An engrossing account of a fundamental episode in American history, the early settlement of the prairie. In many ways the balloon frame stands as a metaphor for that episode". -- New York Times Book Review.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in Very Good jacket. Book 1st printing, ex-lib; 296 pp, notes, selected bibliography, index; b/w photos, drawings, house plans full-page & in text; 8vo, original black cloth, few small library stamps prelims, back endpaper marks, pocket, good; contents fine, appears unread; dust jacket very good; library stamp spine.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Cloth, dj. Minor edge wear; light crease at top edge of front jacket panel. Previous owner's signature on front pastedown. Else a bright, clean copy. Very Good.
