Publication

2007-10-16 - The History Press

Language

English

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9781596293472
  • Open LibraryOL12441819M

Classifications

  • LCCNA7235.S6 C37 2007

Description

Today perhaps only a hundred plantations along the coast and another hundred inland remain. Many of the great plantation homes were lost during the time of war, and many more were simply allowed to collapse in the aftermath. This collection of photographs represents some of the most stunning work present in the Historic American Building Survey, an effort to catalogue and document the architecture and building culture of America. In the South, especially, these photographs became invaluable records of a way of life that was quickly disappearing. The selections here, presented by William P. Baldwin, capture these lost dwellings-sometimes as a fragment, sometimes a whole building-and showcase the grand tradition and romantic detail of these icons of the South.

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