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Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos

This book is a fascinating guided tour of some of America’s most important early homes and their surroundings. Many of these homes are still standing, but are virtually unknown except to nearby residents. Everett B. Wilson makes it possible to locate and enjoy these structures, and in some cases even visit those that are open to the public.

In view of the background of the colonists, it was not surprising that they took their architectural style from the English Georgian homes and manor houses. But it was incredible how well the “unskilled” American artisans reproduced that style. These intriguing and fascinating elements of American Colonial architecture form the background for American Colonial Mansions and Other Early Houses.

Utilizing well over 400 photographs of the interiors, exteriors, and dependencies -smokehouses, slave houses, privies- of more than 200 buildings, most of which are still private homes, the author has succeeded in compiling a superb study for the reader to witness the gracious and glorious living of these mansions and early homes. Also depicted are scenes of landscaping, interior decoration, and furniture, and some revealing pictures of structure.

The book includes dates, type of structure, and other vital information for each picture. It is especially valuable to those readers interested in seeing these homes for themselves, for Mr. Wilson has specific directions for locating them in his Appendix, as well as a list of days and hours when the “open” houses are available to the public.

American Colonial Mansions and Other Early Houses has been written and compiled with the determination, love, and gracefulness of the mansions themselves.