Barns of the Midwest Joni Sutton ISBN10: 0374538409

ISBN10: 0374538409

and rough-hewn edges of the Midwest

Grandpa has gone to his eternal reward

Whether you have the wanderlust or you're wander 'lost'

But as heat flares between them

Barns of the Midwest Joni Sutton ISBN10: 0374538409Originally published in 1995, Barns of the Midwest is a masterful example of material cultural history. It arrived at a critical moment for the agricultural landscape. The 1980s were marked by farm foreclosures, rural bank failures, the continued rise of industrialized agriculture, and severe floods and droughts. These waves of disaster hastened the erosion of the idea of a pastoral Heartland knit together with small farms and rural values. And it