Building With Logs: Western Log Construction in Context

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press

Attebery addresses aspects of the New Western History by exploring how the log cabin myth is part of the larger myth of the Frontier West. She argues that scholars interested in understanding log construction must look beyond the myth for evidence of the log cabin's particular meanings within the communities that used log buildings in Idaho.

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Building With Logs: Western Log Construction in Context

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press

Attebery addresses aspects of the New Western History by exploring how the log cabin myth is part of the larger myth of the Frontier West. She argues that scholars interested in understanding log construction must look beyond the myth for evidence of the log cabin's particular meanings within the communities that used log buildings in Idaho.

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Building With Logs: Western Log Construction in Context

Building With Logs: Western Log Construction in Context

by Jennifer Eastman Attebery, George W. Wingate
Building With Logs: Western Log Construction in Context

Building With Logs: Western Log Construction in Context

by Jennifer Eastman Attebery, George W. Wingate

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for the University of Idaho Press

Attebery addresses aspects of the New Western History by exploring how the log cabin myth is part of the larger myth of the Frontier West. She argues that scholars interested in understanding log construction must look beyond the myth for evidence of the log cabin's particular meanings within the communities that used log buildings in Idaho.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780893012083
Publisher: Caxton Press
Publication date: 01/01/1998
Series: Northwest Folklife Series
Pages: 147
Product dimensions: 7.38(w) x 9.14(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author


Jennifer Eastman Attebery is an Associate Professor of English at Idaho State University where she teaches American Studies and Folklore. 
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