[PDF] The Log Cabin In North America Construction Techniques And Cultural Implications eBook

Author : Clinton Alfred Weslager
Publisher :
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN :

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Although the log cabin is widely believed to be the one expression of indigenous American architecture, it is, in fact, of European origin, having been first introduced in the New World by Swedes and Finns who settled the lower Delaware Valley in the seventeenth century. Log buildings were unknown to the English colonists of Jamestown, Plymouth, and St. Marys, or the Dutch founders of New Amsterdam, who built the kinds of dwellings they had known in their homelands. Because it was perfectly adapted to the needs and resources of pioneers as they advanced the American frontier south and west through forests and across mountains, the log house became the means whereby a man could keep moving and yet maintain a home and family, and much of America's historycan be traced in the cabins left behind in the westward trek.-- book jacket

Author : W. Ellis Groben
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Design
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"Building with Logs" by W. Ellis Groben, Clyde P. Fickes. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Robbin Obomsawin
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 21,61 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781586853150

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Designed to bring the true spirit of cabin style back to its roots, Robbin Obomsawin's latest book Log Cabin Classics is inspired by nostalgic, old-world cabins and filled with tips for meeting today's current needs. Since place-not space-is what true harmony with nature and cabin living is about, Log Cabin Classics includes practical construction advice, straightforward and creative design, advice on using local materials and choosing a site, architectural details, and handcrafted artistry. These principles are applied to a collection of one-of-a-kind plans you can use as springboards for creating your own "log cabin classic." Log Cabin Classics features 20 classic cabin designs under 1,500 square feet. Robbin Obomsawin is the construction manager and general contractor for Beaver Creek Log Homes. She has served as vice president of the American/Canadian Log Builders Association for Handcrafters. She is the author of Small Log Homes, Best Log Home Plans and The Not So Log Cabin. She lives in Westdale, New York.

Author : Ali Abusaidi
Publisher :
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 37,69 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Log cabins
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Under the sponsorship of the Klamath National Forest, 25 log cabins which were built in western Siskiyou County between 1850 and 1937 were located and studied. First, 11 exterior dimensions of these cabins were selected, measured and recorded. Then 26 building elements were identified for the purpose of finding whether there was a relationship between the exterior attributes of these structures and the occupation of their builders. Four major builder occupations were identified: (1) placer mining, (2) hardrock mining, (3) homesteading, and (4) ranching. It was hypothesized that there is a correlation between these builder occupations and the exterior attributes of the cabins. A forward stepwise discriminant analysis was performed on the parametric variables. None of the 11 variables met the default criteria to enter (i.e., F=.15). Hence the null hypothesis that there is a relationship between the occupation of the builder and the exterior variables of the log cabins was confirmed. The 26 categorical variables which were used to classify the cabins were crosstabulated against the occupation of the builders. The results indicated that only four nominal variables discriminated between the builder occupation groups. A predictive model for classifying cabins on the basis of these four variables is presented. A second hypothesis was proposed to examine the relationship between log cabin construction elements and the builder's ethnic background. Data collected on building variables was compared with those ethnic traits described by other log cabin researchers. From this comparison an index of ethnic trait compatibility was produced which demonstrated the strength of relationship between builder's background and cabin construction variables.

Author : Terry G. Jordan
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 37,5 MB
Release : 1994-11-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0292780516

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Once too numerous to attract attention, the log buildings of Texas now stand out for their rustic beauty. This book preserves a record of the log houses, stores, inns, churches, schools, jails, and barns that have already become all too few in the Texas countryside. Terry Jordan explores the use of log buildings among several different Texas cultural groups and traces their construction techniques from their European and eastern American origins.

Author : Gregory A. Waselkov
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,91 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781621905042

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"Waselkov's collection of essays on Native American log cabins in the southeast stems from a session presented for the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (SEAC) in Athens, Georgia. The essays range in focus from Cherokee domestic space to Seminole architecture to the influence of enslaved Africans in the region"--

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Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Architecture
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In part one, "the Log Cabin Tradition," the origins and history of log cabins are explained. In part two, "the Log Cabin Preserved," the authors offer a photographic record of log buildings.