Wisconsin Barns
photography by Ernest J. Schweit
text by Nancy Schumm-Burgess
- Writer and historian Nancy Schumm-Burgess and photographer and journalist Ernest J. Schweit set out on a two-year quest to document Wisconsin's iconic barns, which have come to represent a way of life defined by family, a connection to the land, ingenuity, and hard work.
Schumm-Burgess digs up fascinating details on the backgrounds of the structures, including a rare log barn dating to the 1840s, a barn that once served as a stagecoach stop, and another designed by African American architect Algie Shivers.
Schweit's photographs capture the storied structures in all seasons, from modest mid-1800s barns to round and octagonal structures to grand, arch-roofed edifices.
WINNER, 2010 Scenic Beauty Award, Citizens for a Scenic Wisconsin.
80 pages, 9 1/8 x 8 1/8'', 107 color photos, 50 softcovers per case, Smythe-sewn
softcover
ISBN 10: 1-56037-483-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-56037-483-1
$14.95
RELEASE DATE
March 2009
- Features 107 color photographs
- Organized by region
- Discusses Wisconsin's unique barn styles and details the backgrounds of many of the structures
- Makes a perfect gift or memento
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An avid history writer, Nancy Schumm-Burgess has been documenting and preserving barns since 1997. She works with local and national barn preservation organizations to protect this integral part of our agrarian heritage. |
| Ernest J. Schweit fell in love with rural America from the window of a train he rode to college in downstate Illinois. He saw a lonely beauty in the barns and farmhouses that would become his passion and favorite photographic subject. Schweit lives outside Chicago with his wife, three children, dog, and cat. | |
Praise for Wisconsin Barns:
"This book will be at home on a coffee table, but I recommend that rustic-road explorers keep a copy in the car. Schumm-Burgess offers insights and examples that will enhance and inform backroads wanderings from Superior to South Beloit. Schweit delivers a galley of exceptional images that capture barns as elements of a sweeping landscape. His willingness to move in close results in a treasury of weathered timbers, bailer-twine hinges, and barn-cat custodians. Go see then while you can."
-Gary Knowles, Dane County Lifestyles Magazine, June 2009
"The beautiful 80-page photo book...captures the architectural diversity, many moods, and lovely settings that define rural Wisconsin."
-Mary Bergin, the Wisconsin Leader-Telegram
"A delightful visual and informational treasure-trove."
-Audrey Kletscher Helbling, Minnesota Prairie Roots
"This book will be at home on a coffee table, but I recommend that rustic-road explorers keep a copy in the car. Schumm-Burgess offers insights and examples that will enhance and inform backroads wanderings from Superior to South Beloit. Schweit delivers a galley of exceptional images that capture barns as elements of a sweeping landscape. His willingness to move in close results in a treasury of weathered timbers, bailer-twine hinges, and barn-cat custodians. Go see then while you can."
-Gary Knowles, Dane County Lifestyles Magazine, June 2009
"The beautiful 80-page photo book...captures the architectural diversity, many moods, and lovely settings that define rural Wisconsin."
-Mary Bergin, the Wisconsin Leader-Telegram
"A delightful visual and informational treasure-trove."
-Audrey Kletscher Helbling, Minnesota Prairie Roots