One-room schoolhouses are deeply embedded in our heritage. Today they stand as icons of nineteenth-century American history as well as charming and often beautiful examples of rural architecture---things to be treasured and preserved. Mary Keithan'sMichigan One-Room Schoolhousesis an elegant picture book that details over a hundred of Michigan's early schoolhouses. Each of Keithan's photographs is coupled with information about the schoolhouses's architecture and history, including interviews with former students and teachers. Mary Keithan is a professional photographer living in Ray, Michigan. Her previous books includeMichigan's Heritage BarnsandA Time in Michigan: A Photographic Series. New York Times critic Vicki Goldberg selected Keithan's 1995 image "Desert Storm Barn" for the Light Impression Biennial.Nostalgic reminders of a time now past, one-room schoolhouses are deeply embedded in our heritage. Decades after their original purpose and inhabitants have vanished, they dot the rural landscape in all conditions, from neglected and near collapse to handsomely renovated places repurposed into a new existence as living quarters. Today no matter their state they stand as miniature gems of nineteenth-century American history as well as charming examples of rural architecture---above all, things to be treasured and preserved. Mary Keithan's Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses is a beautifully illustrated chronicle that details nearly a hundred of the state's early schoolhouses. Together with information about each schoolhouse's architecture and history, including interviews with former students and teachers, Keithan's photographs bring these structures back to life and assure their place in history. Mary Keithan is a professional photographer living in Ray, Michigan. Her previous books includeMichigan's Heritage BarnsandA Time in Michigan: A Photographic Series. New York Times critic Vicki Goldberg selected Keithan's 1995 image "Desert Storm Barn" for the Light Impression Biennial. Author photograph by artist David Rubello. Also available Monte Nagler's Michigan by Monte Nagler Lives and Legends of the Christmas Tree Ships by Fred Neuschel Above West Michigan by Marge Beaver"Nostalgic reminders of a time now past, one-room schoolhouses are deeply embedded in our heritage. Decades after their original purpose and inhabitants have vanished, they dot the rural landscape in all conditions, from neglected and near collapse to handsomely renovated places repurposed into a new existence as living quarters. Today they stand as miniature gems of nineteenth-century American history as well as charming examples of rural architecture, things to be treasured and preserved." "Mary Keithan's Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses is an illustrated chronicle that details nearly a hundred of the state's early schoolhouses. Together with information about each schoolhouse's architecture and history, including interviews with former students and teachers, Keithan's photographs bring these structures back to life and assure their place in history."--BOOK JACKET.
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