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02172aam a22003738i 4500 001 E509E22C370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170814s2018 vauabef b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017038820 020 $a 0813940869 020 $a 9780813940861 035 $a (OCoLC)1001251117 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d GL4 $d OQX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a NA8470 $b .H63 2017 082 00 $a 728.7/30973 $2 23 100 1 $a Hoagland, Alison K., $d 1951- $e author. 245 14 $a The log cabin : $b an American icon / $c Alison K. Hoagland. 264 1 $a Charlottesville : $b University of Virginia Press, $c 2018. 300 $a xv, 292 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, color, maps, plans ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "For roughly a century, the log cabin occupied a central and indispensable role in the rapidly growing United States. Although it largely disappeared as a living space, it lived on as a symbol of the settling of the nation...Alison Hoagland looks at this once-common dwelling as a practical shelter solution--easy to construct, built on the frontier's abundance of trees, and not necessarily meant to be permanent--and its evolving place in the public memory...In the twentieth century, the log cabin became ingrained in popular culture, serving as second homes and motels, as well as restaurants and shops striking a rustic note. The romantic view of the past, combined with the log cabin's simplicity, solidity, and compatibility with nature, has made it an enduring architectural and cultural icon."--Dust jacket flap. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Log cabins $z United States. 650 0 $a Collective memory $z United States. 650 7 $a Collective memory. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01739814 650 7 $a Log cabins. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01001885 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20231103011803.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013317.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E509E22C370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search