Author: PERKINS, STAN
Title: Barn Bees and Others: How Collective Endeavor Built a Nation Signed Copy
Description: Swartz Creek, Michigan: Broadblade Press, 2004. First Edition. Softcover. ISBN: 0973893494. Cover is wraps. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page: 'To Michael, Stan Perkins 7-3 [or 13]-2004'. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. "Approximately 87% of our early population worked the land by necessity....' Bees' was the word used to define collective endeavor. Bees were adopted and used because they worked for building barns, threshing grain, gathering ice, and cutting wood. A Barn Raising Bee, to our pioneer families, was the most important social and cooperative effort that took place in the community during an entire year...a firsthand account of the preparations, customs, entertainment, and occasional tragedies that occurred during a typical Barn Raising". In many back to basics type of communities, such as Amish, Mennonite, et al, Barn Raisings, and other types of bees, are still common and necessary. Includes a section on Butchering Bees; Quilting Bees; Buzzing Bees; Ice Bees. Fascinating look at a now mostly lost way of living. ISBN in book is 0973893494.; B&W Illustrations; 6 x 9; 94 pages; INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page: 'To Michael, Stan Perkins 7-3 [or 13]-2004'. Very slight shelf wear. ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .

Keywords: 0973893494 Cultural History; Social History; Farming; Farming History; Farmers; Barns; Agricultural History; Agriculture; Farm Buildings; Cultural History Animals Education Architecture American History Geography Furniture/Interiors/Decorating Biography/M


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