American Covered Bridges : a pictorial history / Jill Caravan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caravan, Jill.

Contributor:

Courage Books (Firm), publisher.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Covered bridges--United States--History.

Covered bridges.

Covered bridges--United States--Pictorial works.

United States.

Genre:

illustrated books.

Illustrated works

History

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

80 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 34 cm

Distribution:

Philadelphia : Imprint of Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : [Published by] Courage Books, 1995.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter One. The First Covered Bridges. Early American Bridges; Exploration and Experiment; Why Covered Bridges?; A Choice of Materials

Chapter Two. The Men Behind the Bridges. Lewis Wernwag, Bridge Builder; The Most Prolific Covered-Bridge Builder; Yankee Ingenuity; Railroads Take Center Stage

Chapter Three. A Geographic Overview. New England; The East; The Middle West; The Pacific States

Chapter Four. The Lore of Covered Bridges. Ghost Stories, More Than Passage; A Dwindling Resource.

Notes:

"This book was designed and produced by Todtri Book Publishers, P.O. Box 572, New York, NY 10116-0572"--Title page verso.

"Publisher: Robert M. Tod. Designer: Mark Weinberg. Photo Editor: Edward Douglas. Editors: Mary Forsell, Don Kennison. Production Coordinator: Heather Weigel. DTP Associate: Jackie Skroczky. Typesetting: Command-O, NYC"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

Running Press copy is "2" printing.

ISBN:

1561384720

9781561384723

OCLC:

32919691