American Barns

American Barns is an exciting, eye-opening study of one of America's most beloved types of buildings. In a handsomely printed text and pictures (113 of them in gorgeous color), it covers barns throughout the United States: huge barns and small barns; Pennsylvania Dutch barns and New England barns; horse barns and carriage houses; and countless others. In all, 240 barns are pictured and explained. If you love barns, you'll be crazy about American Barns. If you're thinking about building a barn, American Barns will raise your sights and help you build a better one.

Mr. Schuler, a former editor of ＂Handy Andy＂ magazine, is the author of many books on architecture, household maintenance, and gardening, including Homes of the Lower Mississippi Valley which appears this season, and The Cape Cod House.