Covered Bridges: Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
This book contains the stories of 171 historic and significant bridges; their histories and legends, who built them, their construction particulars, and the directions to find each bridge. This book is a celebration of the beauty and human ingenuity of covered bridges.
Hardcover: 289 pages
Publisher: The Wooster Book Company (February 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590980352
ISBN-13: 978-1590980354
Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 11 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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There seems to be no shortage of books about covered bridges these days. This one distinguishes itself by the quality of the descriptions of the bridges and Bill Miller's outstanding photography. It is in a class by itself! Judged by the photography alone it would appear to be at home on the "coffee table". However, to classify it as such would do the book a disservice. The quality of the text makes it much more worthy.Ohio bridges are the centerpieces based on their numbers, although the other two states are done justice as well. Miriam Wood is the matriarch of Ohio covered bridges and has published an earlier more historically detailed book on this subject. David Simmons is author of several scholarly publications on historic bridges and is editor of Timeline, the spectacular color publication of the Ohio Historical Society. If you have just one book on the covered bridges of this region (or perhaps any region), this should be the one.
The photos in this book are gorgeous. Frequently the verbiage in bridge books makes for pretty dry reading, but I found the words in this book to be as enjoyable as the photos & just the right length.
This book is great. I took it with me on a motorcycle trip a couple weeks ago. The size made it a bit of a challenge for the trip but the entire group looked forward to hearing about the different bridges. The history of the bridges was very interesting. I also ordered Pennsylvania's Covered Bridges. It was more compact but didn't contain the history this book did.
Nice size for coffee table. Lots of information about the hundreds of bridges photographed. Beautiful pictures. Bought as a gift and glad I did so.
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