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| Patterns from the Golden Age of Rustic Design: Park and Recreation Structuires from the 1930's | 
| Author: Albert H. Good
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 292215
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 632
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 1570983917
Dewey Decimal Number: 720
EAN: 9781570983917
ASIN: 1570983917
Publication Date: April 25, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: N20080926074126N
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Product Description
In this informative treasure of a design book, you will find that the author reached his principal goal to present structure that appear to belong and be apart of their settings.
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 Not what I expected. April 1, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I thought this would be a book of instruction or patterns for creating rustic furniture. Not even close. It is a book about layouts and some architectural design for parks and campsites. I sold it to a man designing and building his own campground. He loved it.
 Vintage National Park Designs & Information November 15, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a professional designer and consultant to the resort development industry, I found this book very informative, with extensive photos and architectural illlustrations, plans and diagrams originating from the early 20th century. A valuable reference book for land planners, architects and developers looking to create "authentic" park and recreational structures for their communities, whether in the mountains or the prairie!
Excellent Book.
Fantastic reprint of actual 1930s plans & techniques! March 5, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This guide, originally printed in the 1930s, is an incredibly complete overview of the many structures created in state and national parks from across America. Every kind of structure, and I mean EVERY kind, is represented here with an amazing number of photographs and plans so that you can reproduce them on your own property.
Whether you want to make a simple stone fire pit or a two-story timber-frame visitor's center, this is the book for you. Chapters include fences, signs, administration buildings, drinking fountains, comfort stations, fire lookout towers, trail steps, bridges, picnic shelters, fire pits, outdoor theaters, cabins, bath houses, and lots more. There's even chapters on furnishings and camp layouts.
The book is written in the somewhat flowery tongue of the early 20-century style, but it's quite readable and in some cases truly amusing, especially when discussing the evils of vandalism. A particularly funny passage is found in the chapter about signs:
"Barring an act of God, like a cyclone, or assault by that instrument of Satan, the initial carver, signs like these promise long life... In spite of all the evidence to the contrary, [the initial carver] is a physical, as well as mental, sluggard and is likely to think twice (we flatter him) before he will stand on his head or shinny up a post to accomplish his scandalous, vandalous ends. Twin to the jackknife pest is the souvenir hunter. Signs too appealingly picturesque and easy to get at and carry away fall prey to his pack rat instincts."
Gorgeous book - everything I wanted to know! October 13, 2003
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I always wondered how these incredibly beautiful wood and stone structures were built, everytime we went camping in some state or national park. Now I know! Where's my pick, hammer, axe, adze and saw? I can't wait to get started! This book has everything. I hope to be able to buy the rest of Albert H. Good's books on the subject. Fabulous.
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