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Author Dolan, Michael, 1955-

Title The American porch : an informal history of an informal place / Michael Dolan.

Publication Info. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  721.84 DOLAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  721.84 D68    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  721.84 DOLAN    Check Shelf
Description v, 346 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-331) and index.
Contents Introduction : my porch and welcome to it -- ch. 1. As American as ancient Greece and Imperial Rome -- ch. 2. Loggia logic, Renaissance roots -- ch. 3. Out of Africa -- ch. 4. Or was it out of India -- ch. 5. Or was it out of Italy -- ch. 6. From the old world to the new -- ch. 7. George's piazza and Tom's portico -- ch. 8. Early days of an icon -- ch. 9. Getting into print -- ch. 10. Ubiquity -- ch. 11. Glory days -- ch. 12. Teeter -- ch. 13. Totter -- ch. 14. Fall -- ch. 15. Rise again -- ch. 16. Revival.
Subject Porches -- History.
Outdoor living spaces.
Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
ISBN 1585746630: $24.95
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