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From Sugar Camps to Star Barns: Rural Life and Landscape in a Western Pennsylvania Community (Keystone Book)

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This book really shows how the unique and interesting culture of Somerset county, PA was formed. Isolated in the center of the Mid-Atlanic due to geography and climate, the people of the area developed their communities with a different pace and style than the rest of early America. Sally Ann McMurry clearly lays out the cultural decisions and outside forces which, over time, created unique rural community. Many of the observations she made can still be plainly seen in the sensibilities of the people living there today.

I recommend this book whole heartedly to anyone with an interest in the formation of American culture or and interest in how geography and economics influence lifestyles.

This book really shows how the unique and interesting culture of Somerset county, PA was formed. Isolated in the center of the Mid-Atlanic due to geography and climate, the people of the area developed their communities with a different pace and style than the rest of early America. Sally Ann McMurry clearly lays out the cultural decisions and outside forces which, over time, created unique rural community. Many of the observations she made can still be plainly seen in the sensibilities of the people living there today.

I recommend this book whole heartedly to anyone with an interest in the formation of American culture or and interest in how geography and economics influence lifestyles.