Accompanied by more than 250 illustrations, this environmentally sensitive manual was written with the farmer in mind. This reprint of the 1881 book of plans and instructions will engage the reader with its anecdotal style. Nearly 100 structures from monumental barns to hen coops to root cellars to dog and birdhouses are depicted. The particulars of their construction, recounted in simple and practical terms, tell a timeless tale of life lived amid the changing seasons and the natural world. (240pp. illus. index. Dover Pub., 2007.)