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Outhouses | 
 enlarge | Authors: Holly L. Bollinger, Nick Cedar, William G. Simmonds, Jim Umhoefer
Publisher: MBI
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 596144
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 9.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0760321345
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.9
EAN: 9780760321348
ASIN: 0760321345
Publication Date: November 3, 2005
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Product Description
A light-hearted look at outhouse necessity and nostalgia with picturesque photos of privies from across the country, this book answers real-life questions about these once common buildings and the role they played.
Topics covered include: what you did when the outhouse was "off-limits," why so many people buried treasure around outhouses, and how the crescent moon became its universal symbol.
With photography from California, Nevada, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maine, Outhouses uses first-hand accounts and little-known facts to take a nostalgic look back at life before indoor plumbing.
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Good gift book September 29, 2008
Gave this as a gift to a friend who actually has an outhouse on her 40 acres of woods. She loved it!
A one-of-a-kind presentation of an oft-overlooked aspect of pioneer and pre-industrial daily life November 7, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Showcasing the work of photographers Nick Cedar, William G. Simmonds and Jim Umhoefer, Outhouses by Holly L. Bollinger is a photographic and historical reflection upon the role that the once-necessary outhouse has played in the human past. Once thought of as a place of unpleasant odors and lack of comfort, they are now esteemed as hallmarks of the simple life, and a bygone age when America's ancestors lived closer to the land. In addition to more than 100 full color photographs of a wide variety of outdoor privies nestled amid breathtaking scenery, Outhouses includes a written overview of what life was like before indoor plumbing, with poems, songs, and humorous tidbits about the outhouse's place in American folklore. A one-of-a-kind presentation of an oft-overlooked aspect of pioneer and pre-industrial daily life.
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